Poor morale, reliance on foreign allies: The collapse of Assad’s army in Syria explained
As rebels swept into Damascus last week, toppling former President Bashar al-Assad, his army simply collapsed, abruptly ...
How Assad's army collapsed in Syria: demoralised conscripts, absent allies
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in ...
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Ron Devlin History Book: Pottsville Gen. Francis M. Wynkoop served in the Mexican War
A lot has been written about Schuylkill County’s involvement in the Civil War. The Washington Artillerists and the National Light Infantry, Pottsville militia units, were among the first units to ...
Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al ...
Demoralised and abandoned by allies: why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. For years, the Islamist ...
The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War
Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.
“Politics Is Finally Possible”: After Surprise Fall of Assad in Protracted Civil War, What’s Next?
As Syrians celebrate the fall of the Assad regime after more than five decades of iron rule, many are grappling with the enormity of what has happened to their country, with nearly 14 years of war ...
Scholar of white supremacy visits all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed, says Richmond gets it right
In a symbolic rebuke of the American South's racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four ...
Book talk highlights Tubman’s heroism, Black freedom during Civil War
The Lincolnville Preservation and Historical Society will host a book talk with author Dr. Edda Fields-Black on her book ...
Murfreesboro Cemetery School to be restored by descendants of students who went there
Preservationists seek to restore Cemetery School building that served Black children from 1941 to 1962 prior to desegregation ...