Hassan Rouhani
A Kurdish man mourns next to gravestones of Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province November 12
Ukrainian servicemen ride on an armoured vehicle near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve October 6, 2014
Armed people and military trucks are seen near a checkpoint outside a building in the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 12
National Security

Iran’s Regional Strategy Focuses on Missiles, Proxies

Conventional military forces uneven in quality

Jack Caravelli
November 12, 2014
A fighter from the Shi'ite Badr Brigade militia wears a religious flag as he guards a checkpoint recently taken from militants of the Islamic State outside the town of Amerli