Iran has trained and deployed thousands of Shiite Afghans as shock troops in Syria’s sectarian war. Members of the Afghan unit, the Fatemiyoun Division, wear a shoulder patch recounting words of praise from Iran’s supreme leader as a badge of honor. What those fighters might do when...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Commander of a pro-regime militia has threatened civilians of Deir Ezzor of brutal reprisals, days after the capture of eastern province, according to footage surfaced on social media. Firas al-Iraqiya, head of Civil Defence Units in Deir Ezzor, in a video...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 3000 displaced people have arrived to the PYD-held camps in Hasaka province, fleeing the border town of Albu kamal east of Deir Ezzor province, activists said on Saturday. Some Iraqi families were among the displaced who settled in the deserted al-Hol camp...

Nearly a year after Islamic State was driven from its Libyan stronghold Sirte, residents surveying their wrecked homes feel neglected and vulnerable, still afraid of the militant threat that has waned but not vanished. Though security in the Mediterranean coastal city has improved,...