A Sunni militant group, Jaish-ul Adl, has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 14 Iranian border guards in the country’s mountainous southeast, ISNA news agency reported Sunday. The hitherto-unknown Jaish-ul Adl (Army of Justice)...

A Sunni militant group, Jaish-ul Adl, has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 14 Iranian border guards in the country’s mountainous southeast, ISNA news agency reported Sunday. The hitherto-unknown Jaish-ul Adl (Army of Justice)...
The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Saturday from Tehran that Iran’s participation at the Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis, scheduled for next month, was essential. Diplomat sources...
Some five million Syrians are now refugees in their own country, many living hand-to-mouth in vacant buildings, schools, mosques, parks and the cramped homes of relatives. Others are trapped in neighborhoods isolated by military blockades, beyond the reach of aid groups. Already...