And despite the very real threat that the civil war posed to his rule for many years, it had seemed the war was over and Assad was the victor. The regime’s fall triggered a kaleidoscope of ...

On board was a representative of a ruthless paramilitary group accused of ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s sprawling civil war, the flight manifest showed. The gold itself had been smuggled from ...

In addition to the humanitarian catastrophe, the Syria civil war continues to take a serious toll on the country’s economy. The Syrian people are faced with homelessness, as at least 22 percent ...

Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

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The number of people killed in Sudan’s civil war is far higher than previously thought, according to new research, as aid agencies warn that the conflict has created the world’s worst hunger ...

Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled his country as rebels marched into the capital city Damascus late Saturday. The brutal leader’s nearly quarter century rule came to a stunning end as ...

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That now seems much less likely. Instead, Sudan’s civil war will probably grow even more brutal, complex and difficult to resolve. As in el-Fasher, where various local Darfuri armed groups have ...

Although this assignment was far from combat zones, it held significant importance. In August 1968, the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia, placing the hospital on high alert as the ...

be it in the trenches of World War I, the wilderness skirmishes of Civil War militias, or the still-ongoing conflicts that have helped define 21st-century warfare.

Syria's civil war started in 2011 after an uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule. Five foreign powers have a military presence in the country including the U.S., Russia and Iran.