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Footage Shows Syrian Rebels Parading Caged Prisoners Through the Streets
The prisoners — said to be members of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite religious group — are reportedly being held as a tactic to prevent regime airstrikes.
A Pardon From Saudi Arabia's King Might be the Last Hope for a Shiite Cleric Facing a Death Sentence
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr's family says he is at risk of imminent execution after the country's supreme court upheld a 2014 death sentence against the scholar and human rights activist.
Is Syria About to Become Iran's Vietnam?
The Iranian government has invested much blood and gold in the effort to prop up the Assad regime, but the conflict could turn out to be a quagmire that the Islamic Republic finds difficult to extricate itself, and its proxies, from.
The Sighting of Would-Be Arab League Avengers Fighting in Yemen Is Just a Mirage
Despite calls for an Arab League military alliance, experts suggest that the Sunni coalition fighting in Yemen looks to be a one-off rather than a sign of bigger things to come.
Syria and Iraq Are Disintegrating, US Defense Intel Chief Says
Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart is pessimistic about the future of the two countries as violent sectarian conflicts rage within their borders.
Pushing Back the Islamic State: The Battle for Rojava (Dispatch 1)
VICE News secures exclusive access to YPG fighters as they clear the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah of Islamic State militants.
Syrian President Assad's Government Has 'Revised' the Holy Quran
State media reported that Assad said that he had commissioned a "new standard version" of Islam’s primary religious text in order to minimize the risk of misinterpretation.
Iraq Is Attempting to Retake Anbar From 'Islamic State Criminals'
The operation against the Islamic State began at dawn and includes troops and police as well as Shia militias and allied Sunni tribes, officials said.
The Bahraini Uprising in Photos: Road Blocks, Tear Gas, and No Right to Protest
The photography collective Road Bloc has been taking significant risks to depict the intense political unrest that has been unfolding in Bahrain for years.
The UK Response to the Migrant Crisis (Extra Scene from 'The UK’s Fight Against The Islamic State')
In this extra scene, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond opens up to VICE News about the UK's response to the migrant crisis and the methods being mooted by the EU to halt it.
Massive Oil Fields Are Iraq’s Biggest Asset — And a Huge Liability — in the Fight Against the Islamic State
Almost 90 percent of the Iraqi government’s revenue comes from oil exports, but there are almost no security forces left to protect the "super fields" in Basra.
Obama Planning to Send More US Troops to Help Fight the Islamic State
It is expected the White House will announce the deployment of several hundred US troops on Wednesday, who will train Iraqi forces in Anbar province as they battle against the onslaught of IS.