The Lesson Other Countries Must Take from Assad’s Collapse: After more than 13 years of civil war, the final offensive and collapse of the Assad family’s 53-year rule of Syria took less than ten days.

A man armed with a hunting rifle shot dead a Ukrainian army recruitment soldier on Saturday and escaped with a conscript before both were caught, authorities said.

As rebels broke through, Syrian army was reliant on foreign allies even for command structure But Iranian and Hezbollah withdrawal devastated Syrian military operations Corruption and poor morale led ...