A pro-Al-Qaeda media group published a long essay on January 31, 2021, by an Indian Muslim who called on Muslims to join the AGH, which is active mainly in Kashmir valley, and launch jihadi terror attacks on Indian agencies outside Kashmir.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a pro-rebel media outlet, reported on February 8, 2021, that Islamic State (ISIS) fighters had ambushed a convoy of Assad regime forces and a pro-regime militia in the desert south of Al-Mayadin in the Deir Al-Zour Governorate earlier that morning.
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Pakistan s Military Involvement In The Nagorno-Karabakh War
February 9, 2021 | By Tufail Ahmad
On October 2, 2020, the government of Pakistan sought to deny media reports that Pakistani soldiers were aiding the Azeri military against Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh war (September 27-November 10, 2020). The Pakistani newspapers of the next morning, October 3, quoted Zahid Hafeez Chaudri, the spokesman of the Foreign Office in Islamabad, as saying that such media reports were speculative and baseless and irresponsible. [1]
After this official denial of involvement, Pakistani journalists came under increased pressure not to write about the Pakistani military s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. In this paper, I will examine the Pakistani view of Pakistan s role in this war in which Azerbaijan defeated Armenia with the military help of Turkey and Pakistan. The Nagorno-Karabakh is a region where about 1,000 mujahideen from Afghanistan went to fight in the early years of the 1990s, a
February 9, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9174
Iranian Minister Of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi: Iran Has No Intention To Pursue Nuclear Weapons, But If You Corner A Cat, Its Behavior Might Change
February 9, 2021
Iranian Minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi spoke about Iran s nuclear industry and the circumstances that would direct it towards producing nuclear weapons. He made his remarks in an interview with Channel 2, (Iran) that aired on February 8, 2021. He said that the JCPOA had not terminated the Iranian nuclear industry, that it has increased in quality, and now operates in full force. He stated that the Iranian nuclear program is a peaceful one, and according to Supreme Leader Khamenei s anti-nuclear weapons fatwa, it is not allowed to produce nuclear weapons (for more about Khamenei s alleged anti-nuclear fatwa, see MEMRI Inquiry and analysis series Nos. 1478, 1458, 825, 1022 and 1151 and Special Dispatches No. 5406 and 5461). However, Alavi said, like a cornered cat,