ISWNews Analysis Group – During a border conflict between Iran and the Taliban in Sistan and Baluchistan province on May 27, one Iranian border guard was martyred and two others were wounded.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian has explained Tehran’s position on Afghanistan, saying that the Islamic Republic does not recognize the Taliban caretaker government in Afghanistan and only supports the formation of an inclusive government in the neighboring country.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Militants affiliated to Afghanistan’s Taliban caretaker government and Iran’s border guards fought on the outskirts of some villages in eastern areas of the city of Zabol in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and exchanged fire.

ISWNews Analysis Group – General Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been seriously injured during a Russian missile attack on the outskirts of Kherson.

On May 20, the head of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the full capture of Bakhmut city. The city of Bakhmut is considered as one of the key points in the Donbas region. Control over this city will determine the future of the battles in the Donbas region.

Iran’s water rights from the Hirmand River is an issue that has been a source of dispute with different governments in Afghanistan for years. Violation of water rights has led to environmental damage in the three countries of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan and can turn into a more serious crisis.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Finally, after months of fierce and bloody battles to capture the key city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, Russian army and Wagner forces took full control of this city, and the battles over the Bakhmut city ended.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Following the attack by the Pakistani army drone at 3:00 am on May 16, in Bahram Khel village located in Mandozi district in Khost province, six members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) including Mufti Mohammad Farooq, one of the commanders of this group were killed and wounded.

ISWNews Analysis Group – On the night of May 18, Russian Army launched another massive attack on Ukrainian facilities across the country. It was largely rated as one of the most massive recent attacks.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Despite Russia’s control over more than 90% of the city of Bakhmut, clashes continue in the northwestern areas of the city between Russian and Ukrainian forces.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Russian Army launched a missile attack on Ukrainian infrustructures in the cities of Ternopil and Kharkiv last night and this morning.

ISWNews Analysis Group – The Supreme Court of Pakistan released the former Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan on bail.