Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday Moscow was already preparing to withdraw its military contingent from Syria, Russian news agencies reported. “Preparations are underway,” RIA news agency quoted Patrushev as saying. The chief of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian air force pilot filmed being burned to death by Islamic State extremists almost three years since the savage murder of the Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh who was slaughtered on camera by ISIS who locked him in a cage before setting him alight, according to...

When Iran declared victory over Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, it hailed the “strong and pivotal” role played by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement. The praise, contained in a top general’s letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader in November, confirmed Hezbollan’s pre-eminence among...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State has inflicted heavy losses on the elite forces in eastern Deir Ezzor province, killing at least 250 troops and wounding 280 more in three weeks of clashes, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The Tiger Units, led by notorious general Suhail al-Hassan,...