An ominous Rafael Nadal was in cruise control for Spain at the ATP Cup Monday but Serbia's Novak Djokovic was forced to sweat through brutal conditions for his second win in a row. The Spanish world number one swept past Uruguay's experienced Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 6-1 in just 73 minutes in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Suspected pro-Iran Shiite militants have slaughtered at least 21 civilians in northeastern Raqqa, local activists said Sunday. Most of the knife-attack victims were shepherds living in Maadan, a desert area controlled by Shiite militias.    Activists...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 pro-Iran militants killed Friday by landmines planted by Daesh (ISIS) on a desert road links between Homs and Deir Ezzor province, local news site reported. Badyia 24 said the landmine attack took place near the town of al-Sukhnah in the eatsern countryside...

For Iranians whose icons since the Islamic Revolution have been stern-faced clergy, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani widely represented a figure of national resilience in the face of four decades of U.S. pressure. For the U.S. and Israel, he was a shadowy figure in command of Iran's proxy...