Security

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  Security

  2019-11-11

  Bursting at the seams: inside an 'Islamic State' prison in Syria

  Kurdish authorities say more than 12,000 IS suspects of at least 50 nationalities are being held in prisons they control in Syria.

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  Security

  2019-11-06

  Worrying signs for Kremlin as Russian troops pelted with stones in Syria

  Resentment against Russia has been steadily growing in Syria amid new revelations the Kremlin has committed war crimes and atrocities against the Syrian people.

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  Security

  2019-11-04

  Kazakh, Tajik defence ministers confer on expanded security co-operation

  Kazakh Defence Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev and his Tajik counterpart, Sherali Mirzo, discussed joint operations planned for 2020.

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  Security

  2019-11-01

  Tajik forces open new security outpost on Afghan border

  The new facility aims to significantly increase the border force's ability to monitor and prevent illegal border crossings and counter trans-national threats.

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  Security

  2019-10-23

  Russian hackers pose as the Iranian regime in cyber-espionage operation

  The state-backed Russian group hacked the Iranian regime's cyber-espionage operation in an attempt to mask the origins of its own malicious code.

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  Security

  2019-10-21

  Russia simulates nuclear war as Putin watches on

  Russia continues to test nuclear weapons after flouting the INF Treaty for years.

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  Security

  2019-10-18

  Details emerge about secret Russian unit intent on fomenting world disorder

  Unit 29155 operates under the command of the Russian military intelligence agency and has been tied to attempted coups, assassination plots and disinformation campaigns around the globe.

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  Security

  2019-10-16

  US praises 'groundbreaking' Kazakh repatriation process of IS returnees

  'The whole world today should pay attention to what is happening in Kazakhstan, because the lessons learned here will be useful to the whole world,' a US official said.

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  Security

  2019-10-16

  Central Asian countries eye more co-operation on Afghan development

  Long-term assistance is vital to lasting peace and security in Afghanistan, officials say.

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  Security

  2019-10-15

  New evidence proves Russia's deliberate bombing of Syrian hospitals

  Russian radio recordings, plane spotter logs and eyewitness accounts confirm a cynical plan by Moscow to target medical facilities that treat Syrian opposition groups.