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Sri Lanka to Return Private Land Seized in Civil War
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka’s new government plans to return private land seized by the military in the civil war-ravaged north and release several hundred detainees, a minister said, in an apparent...
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Fighting Intensifies in Eastern Ukraine Ahead of Peace Talks
SARTANA, Ukraine—Fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified on Tuesday ahead of much-anticipated peace talks, with both sides claiming significant advances and the government accusing the rebels of...
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UN Council Endorses Delay to Sri Lanka War Crimes Report
BERLIN—The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday delayed by six months the release of a report into alleged war crimes committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war, a move sought by the country’s new...
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More Than 600 Medical Staff Killed in Syrian War
BEIRUT—More than 600 medical workers have been killed in Syria’s civil war in deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, most of them by government forces, an international rights group announced on...
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Fraternity in Racist Video Has Deep-South, Pre-Civil-War Roots
Sigma Alpha Epsilon was born a few years before the Civil War in the antebellum South, the creation of a small group that set out to forge bonds among young men that would “hold them together for all...
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Syria’s Assad Dismissive of Kerry Remark on Negotiations
DAMASCUS, Syria—Syrian President Bashar Assad said Monday that only Syrians can decide his future — a statement that appeared to dismiss U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s remark that the U.S. would...
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Syria Rebels Attack City of Idlib in Northwest
BEIRUT—Syrian rebels launched an offensive Tuesday against a major government-held city in the country’s northwest, shelling the outskirts and warning residents to remain indoors in the coming days....
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Library of Congress Acquires Rare Trove of Civil War Images
WASHINGTON — A Houston housewife who has quietly collected rare Civil War images for 50 years has sold more than 500 early photographs to the Library of Congress. The library announced the acquisition...
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Nuclear Agreement Risks Projecting US Weakness
CAIRO—On a basic level, the framework deal between world powers and Tehran will be judged by whether it prevents an Iranian bomb, but that will take years to figure out. A more immediate issue is the...
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The First Memorial Day Was No Picnic
Even if most of us celebrate Memorial Day with cookouts and beach parties, the day honoring our fallen soldiers has a history worth knowing. Today it’s a national holiday, but it wasn’t always a day...
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Black Union Soldier Buried in Nevada Finally Honored
RENO, Nev.—A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle finally received recognition Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada....
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South Carolina Lawmakers Return for Confederate Flag Debate
COLUMBIA, S.C.—While it appears there is broad support in the South Carolina Legislature to bring down the Confederate flag, the depth of that support will get its first test this week as lawmakers...
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Confederate Flag in Old North Carolina State Capitol
A confederate flag hung in the old North Carolina State Capitol will be removed after complaints. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol to...
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Memorial Day: From the Civil War to Iraq
As the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (USVA) tells it, the origins of Memorial Day have been somewhat contentious, with many regions claiming to be the birthplace of the holiday. The first...
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Libya and U.S. Long-Term Engagement
Libyan popular and political support for engaging the international community offers the United States and Western partners an opportunity to help stabilize a North African energy producer and...
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Assad and the Palestinians
The three-year old Syrian crisis presents dire dilemmas for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and in refugee camps across the Middle East. Given Syria’s traditional role as a...
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All Eyes on Russia as Ukraine Hurtles Towards Civil War
The Ukrainian government has announced that it will mount a full-scale military operation to regain control of the east of the country and has set a deadline of 6am on Monday morning for occupied...
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Examining the Civil War Through Textiles
NEW YORK—A century or two from now, the cotton briefs you put on this morning could end up in a glass case at a history museum. The wall text (digital, of course) will describe in vivid colors the...
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Syria’s Real Scoreboard
It’s simpler when war is binary. Easier to understand – and discuss – when one side is winning, and the other is losing. When it comes to Syria, which entered its fourth year of civil war this spring,...
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How the EU Could Help Save Ukraine at the Eleventh Hour
Ukraine is disintegrating before our eyes, with escalating anarchy, civil war and proxy war with Russia, and dozens killed in Odessa on Friday. Acting President Alexander Turchinov officially declared...
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