Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year are now being recruited by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine, three former Afghan generals told The Associated Press. They said the Russians want to...

A deadly cholera outbreak is spreading “rapidly” across Lebanon, exacerbated by a prolonged economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. Lebanon’s first cholera outbreak in decades began earlier this month after the virulent disease...

 A British beauty queen originally from Syria believes she was banned from entering the US because of the country of her birth. Leen Clive, a trainee doctor, was due to represent the UK at the final of the Mrs World competition in Las Vegas on Jan. 15. Clive, 29, who was born in...

  The Guardian's report about the perpetrator of Syria’s Tadamon massacre is full of inaccuracies, expecting that he is still detained by the regime's military intelligence, a Syrian researcher familiar with the case told Zaman al-Wasl.   Hossam Jazmati assured that the...