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Another arm of recruitment was the network of Syrian recruiters and organizations affiliated with the Kremlin-backed private military company Wagner Group. One of the best-known of these companies ...

The clashes on the edge of the town of Sahnaya, south of the capital Damascus, came a day after a heavy exchange of fire ...

He served in both Chechen wars in the 1990s, as well as in Syria, where Wagner has been militarily active since 2015 when its mercenaries were deployed to fight alongside President Bashar al-Assad ...

Before Wagner became infamous in Ukraine, it was already operating in the shadows. In this animated documentary, Kings and Generals explores Wagner’s origins, Prigozhin’s influence, Utkin’s leadership ...