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Russia’s Ambassador to Pakistan had strong words against the rise of the Islamic State in Afghanistan, stating that the terror group is turning northern Afghanistan into a “resting base” of international terrorism and a “bridgehead” for establishing its destructive caliphate in the region. The “international wing of Daesh” is spearheading the effort of terrorists spilling […]

 As Turkey continues to advance on the autonomous Kurdish region of Rojava (northern Syria), opposition is coming from an unlikely voice in the middle east. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has taken a strong stance of opposition to what he views as a violation of sovereignty by Turkish military forces. Iran, who views the Turkish and […]

A feminist movement has begun in Iran where dozens of woman have filmed themselves while standing in public and removing their hijab, a traditional head scarf that is required by Iranian law for woman to wear. The hijab is a veil of often decorative cloth that is designated to be worn often wrapped completely around […]

Cyber warfare is a growing segment of operations globally. One that, unlike conventional warfare, our country is under-staffed and unprepared to engage with enemies in. While our current deterrents to conventional and nuclear engagements may be effective (if potentially catastrophic) they are not nearly as effective in cyberspace, because digital attacks take time to trace […]

Just before the protests in late December and early January, an 31 year old Iranian woman by the name of Vida Movahed stood outside and waved her hijab on a stick in protest of the country’s hijab laws. Since then, more women have stood up in defiance of the strict dress code; 29 women have […]

A “halal” internet has been a topic that’s been brought up in Iran several times in the past, and has once again resurfaced in the wake of the recent protests across the country. It would mean the strict control of the internet to make it coincide with Islamic law — and being an Islamic country, […]

U.S. officials are baffled but pleased that U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf have stopped being harassed by armed Iranian fast boats, military officials from the US Central Command said. The boats for at least two years would dart toward the U.S. vessels as they passed through the Persian Gulf, risking miscalculation, but haven’t done […]

Finland looks set to halt all arms sales to the United Arab Emirates after images have emerged showing the UAE using Finnish-made weapons in Yemen’s civil war. All eight candidates in Finland’s presidential elections vowed this week to halt arms sales to the UAE if elected into office in February. The announcement came after a […]

Germany and Norway have recently announced they would stop selling weapons to countries in the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen.  But the US told Business Insider that it has no intentions of halting weapons sales or support for the coalition.  The war in Yemen has caused mass starvation and been dubbed “the worst humanitarian […]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson laid out the US’s new strategy in Syria, and he named combating Iran’sIran’sIran’s influence and its threat to US interests as a main goal. The US has just 2,000 troops in Syria while Iran has an estimated 70,000, but the US has plenty of assets — military, economic, and diplomatic […]

U.S. officials are baffled but pleased that U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf have stopped being harassed by armed Iranian fast boats, military officials from the US Central Command said. The boats for at least two years would dart toward the U.S. vessels as they passed through the Persian Gulf, risking miscalculation, but haven’t done […]

This exclusive account of 14 days of unrest in Iran reveals at least 213 anti-government protests and 34 pro-regime rallies across 90 cities. The protests were fueled by working-class grievances, and they swept through provincial cities and towns. But Tehran didn’t see massive marches that it did during the 2009 Green Movement.   Read the […]