Most recently, in May 2019, Alexander Bortnikov, the director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), stated that 5,000 Islamic State–affiliated fighters, mostly from post-Soviet states and who accumulated ample fighting experience in Syria, had gathered in northern Afghan provinces, on the..…

Similarly, neither the United States nor its allies in Europe and Asia should foot the bill for reconstruction in Syria. ..…

There are spread across the world, mostly Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, with diaspora numbering in Western Europe and Central Asia. ..…