The Isis cell in the region between Afghanistan and Central Asia sees Russia as the main support for its two worst enemies, the regimes in Kabul and Tehran. While in Tajikistan, President Rakhmon stigmatises the high number of Tajiks among the militia, but according to his opponents their radicalisation is the effect of his twenty years of repression.
Violeta Santos Moura/ReutersThe Israeli prime minister has shared graphic photos of murdered and burned babies on his official X account following claims some babies were beheaded by Hamas gunmen.“Hamas is inhuman. Hamas is ISIS,” Benjamin Netanyahu captioned the disturbing photos, noting that he’d shown the images to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.The images were posted amid a three-day back-and-forth about viral reports claiming 40 babies had been beheaded by Hamas in one community tha
Their impact is comparatively small, but Ukrainian drones are increasingly attacking targets in Moscow. Experts say Kyiv is pursuing several goals simultaneously, and expect the campaign to escalate.