The Islamic State movement -- including its Afghanistan iteration -- is vehemently anti-Russia in orientation, criticizing its foreign and domestic policies.

The fall of Bashar Assad's regime is cause for applause. The question is whether the opposition’s victory is, likewise, a ...

In recent weeks, one of the most discussed issues in Russia and Central Asian countries has been the role of women in Islam, and in particular the clothing they wear, with the ban in several ...

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday (27 March) that it was “extremely hard to believe” that Islamic State would have had the capacity to launch an attack on ...

Economic departments are currently evaluating the interim results of the experiment on the introduction of Islamic financial practices in four Russian regions and are preparing proposals for the ...

Islamic authorities in Russia's mostly-Muslim North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday temporarily banned women from wearing the niqab full-face veil after simultaneous attacks targeting ...

Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov ...

The EU and the UK have imposed new sanctions on Iran in response to their continued support of Russia in the war with Ukraine ...