The militias that control the Druse religious minority’s heartland in southwestern Syria have resisted the new government’s attempts to bring all armed groups under its control.

Syria’s new rulers have inducted foreign Islamist fighters, including Uyghurs, a Jordanian and a Turk, into the country’s military in the ... Ahmad were given the rank of colonel, the party ...

TASS/. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has promoted some generals to higher military ranks for their role in the Russian air task force’s operation in Syria and inter-Syrian talks.