Battle-hardened Shi’ites from Syria said to join fight in Iraq on orders from Iran
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Thousands of Iranian-sponsored Shi’ite fighters have left Syria for Iraq. Diplomatic sources said more than 3,000 members of Iranian-financed Shi’ite militias have moved from Syria to Iraq to help stop the advance of Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The sources said the flow of Shi’ites began in […]