Iran's 'foreign legion': Tehran has stepped up its military support for the embattled Syrian regime and by all accounts, is virtually running the war to keep President Bashar Assad in power, using Iraqi Shi'ite fighters in what is seen as a new expeditionary force Iran is building to further its regional ambitions

IN EARLY OCTOBER, FIGHTERS SUPPORTING SYRIAN President Bashar Assad drove rebel fighters out-of the town of Sheikh Omar, a suburb of Damascus straddling two important highways that link the Syrian [...]