Long Silenced by Fear, Syrians Now Speak About Rampant Torture Under Assad The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.
Protesters in Syria Demand Justice for Disappeared Activists and Accountability from All Factions Protesters in Syria held a sit-in demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate...
Syrian Soldiers Distance Themselves from Assad in Return for Promised Amnesty Some members of the defunct military told The Associated Press that they had joined Assad's forces because it meant a stable...
Cyprus Can Help Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons and Search for its Missing, Cypriot Top Diplomat Says Cyprus’ offer is grounded on its own past experience both with helping rid Syria of chemical weapons 11 years ago and its own...
It's Time for US Troops to Leave Syria "There are roughly 4,500 U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria today, and they represent a potentially significant strategic...
Turkey and Russia Engage in Delicate Maneuvers over Syria After Assad’s Downfall The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between...
Pentagon Reveals 2,000 US Troops Are in Syria – More than Double What Was Previously Reported In a surprise announcement, the Pentagon revealed that it has not been offering an accurate count of how many U.S. troops it...
After Assad's Fall, the Task of Unearthing the Dead from Syria's Mass Graves Is Just Beginning Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to be buried in mass graves scattered around the country, victims of the security...
US Military Conducts More Airstrikes to Prevent Islamic State from Making Gains Amid Syria Turmoil While the campaign to quell the Islamic State has been ongoing for years, the military says the recent strikes have been...
Netanyahu Says Israeli Troops Will Occupy a Buffer Zone Inside Syria for the Foreseeable Future Israel seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights in the days after Syrian...
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for...
The Italian WWII Frogmen Who Inspired the U.S. Navy SEALs While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined...
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Pushes Back After GOP Questions Her Service Record Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race, is defending her Navy...