Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, on a television program he participated in, asked whether there is a possibility of Israel entering into a hot conflict in Syria with Turkey, "We do not intend to conflict with any...

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades currently face deportation from the country. The Pakistan government set March 31st as the deadline for all ‘illegal foreigners’ and Afghan card holders to leave voluntarily or face deportation. Since Eid, the regime has ramped up these expulsions, with thousands moved to deportation camps.

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has approved legislative changes in the religious sphere, restricting the wearing of niqabs—Muslim garments that almost completely cover the face. On Tuesday, January 21, the official website of the Kyrgyz leader reported that he signed a bill prohibiting the wearing of clothing in public places that "does not allow for the identification of a person".

 On the first day of Eid al-Fitr, Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban government, delivered a sermon in which he urged patience in the face of poverty, warned against the dangers of division, and emphasized full adherence to Islamic Sharia, explicitly rejecting any form of non-Islamic legislation.