Joanna Paraszczuk
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 06:42
While most Tajiks in Syria are fighting alongside the Islamic State (IS) group, they are also present in at least two other Islamist factions in Syria, one of them in a leadership role.
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 06:04
The concept of "martyrdom," death in battle against "infidels," is a key element of the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 05:50
The militant group Islamic State does not currently see Central Asia as an area of interest for expansion, a new report by the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) says.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 07:10
An ethnic Uzbek militant group has posted a video showing its members fighting alongside Syrian Sunni Islamist factions in the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib Province.
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 07:13
Uzbekistan is taking "necessary measures" to counter the threat of the Islamic State (IS) militant group to domestic security, and would cooperate with Russia in the event of any mobilization by IS on Uzbek soil, Tashkent-based political analyst Rafik Saifullin says.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 07:26
CIA chief Brennan noted that -- even though IS has been weakened in Syria and Iraq -- the group's reach is extending beyond Iraq and Syria and that it will take a combined and extended international effort over the next decade to repel the threat.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 07:01
Radical organizations like the Islamic State (IS) group have started to penetrate into southern Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan's Andijon region in the east of the Ferghana valley, Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (GKNB) has claimed. GKNB spokesman Rakhat Suleimanov said that the domestic intelligence agency had arrested a large number of individuals earlier this year who were suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 07:27
Kyrgyz nationals heading to Syria to join militant groups including the Islamic State (IS) group are motivated by ideology rather than financial reward, according to Rafik Mambetaliev, the head of the Interior Ministry's Department for Combating Organized Crime.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 06:26
Against a backdrop of ever-growing Central Asian fears over the threat posed by Islamic State (IS) militants, the director of a Bishkek-based think tank has claimed that the Sunni extremist group has allocated around $70 million to destabilize the situation in Central Asia.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 08:00
Kyrgyzstan's security forces -- who are also undertaking work with returnees from Syria -- the Islamist recruiters are changing their tactics. "Here, the [security] bodies are powerless, they do not have the technology to continually monitor the actions of the radicals. It's all about money. It would be good if the state could pay more attention to this issue," said Eden Usubaliev, director of Prudent Solutions, a think tank in Kyrgyzstan