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For years, experts argued that President Bashar al-Assad had “won” the Syrian Civil War. Yet that couldn’t be further from the truth. Assad only survived the war, thanks to Russian airpower ...

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 ...

By Emily Baumgaertner Faded ink. Inconsistencies. Fires. The deadliest conflict in American history, the Civil War, also had some of its worst-kept records, making the true number of casualties ...

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 ...

A surprise offensive by rebel forces opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has led to a new round of fighting in the Middle Eastern country's long-running – but until recently largely ...

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.