The fall of the Assad regime in Syria, punctuated by jubilant celebrations as the then rebels bloodlessly took Damascus, has several similarities to what happened to Afghanistan three years ago, says ...

As Syrian rebels closed in on capturing the key city of Hama, a huge convoy of Syrian National Army (SNA) fighters was seen advancing south to join the efforts. It was clear evidence of the SNA ...

But the militia group that now rules Damascus also has a troubled past, with historic ties to both the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. From Jerusalem and Amman to Washington and Paris, governments are ...

Dr Shaza, a 25-year-old medical volunteer, says: "They came and took girls as young as 11 and 12 and rape them. "They bring them back completely destroyed and dump them in the yard of the mosque ...

Ten years later, in 2019, the head of the United Constitutional Patriots was arrested on gun charges after a video circulated showing the group holding 200 migrants at gunpoint; and just weeks ago, ...

An exceptional trial began in Helsinki District Court on Thursday, with Russian war crimes suspect Voislav Torden sitting in the dock. Torden, formerly known as Jan Petrovski, is charged with ...

Instead, he's now set his sights on a training camp on the Eritrean border, hoping to join a militia ... A Quagmire of Militias and Irregular Armies." Khartoum has long relied on armed groups ...

U.S. forces regularly fly A-10s in show-of-force missions in eastern Syria, an official said. (Air Force) A-10 Warthog attack planes have been spotted flying over eastern Syria in recent days.

Quebec Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said on Tuesday that the number of irregular crossings from Canada to the U.S. has jumped significantly in the last three years. Bonnardel met ...

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