Two immigrants from Brazil through social networks recruited citizens into the Russian army, and when they were at the front, they appropriated the payments due to them. The victims were forced to sign the powers of attorney to recruiters, using their ignorance of the Russian language. More than ten Brazilians …

A cache of leaked internal documents from “Battalion 7,” a paramilitary formation stationed at the strategic Prophet Younis summit on Syria’s coast, offers more than a window into a single militia. Taken together, the files amount to a rare schematic of the irregular warfare architecture the Syrian regime engineered after …

Any Syrian contribution would likely take the form of stricter border controls to curb the movement of fighters across illegal crossings, along with intelligence sharing and logistical coordination—especially now that Syria has joined the U.S.-led international coalition, Ultra Syria writes. Recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump about Syria’s potential …