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Syrian Opposition Warns of Upcoming Food Shortage
ISTANBUL—Syria’s Western-backed opposition on Thursday called on international donors to help stave off a food crisis in the country where drought and civil war have caused a dramatic drop in wheat...
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Hezbollah and the West Unite to Fight ISIS? Don’t Hold Your Breath
The Shia militant group Hezbollah has suggested its fight against Islamic State has given it a common purpose with the West. In an interview with the BBC, Mohammed Fneish, a Lebanese Hezbollah...
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Hezbollah: In Syria for the Long Haul
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gazes across Damascus from his palace on Mount Qasioun, he can be grateful to his Russian, Iranian, and Hezbollah allies that he is still in a position to enjoy such...
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For 600 Migrants, Harrowing Sail Ends in Greece
IERAPETRA, Greece—Hour after hour, the coast guard boats shuttled from the crippled freighter to a concrete pier, discharging a steady flow of humanity: Families with small children, black-clad elderly...
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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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South Sudan’s War on Women
When government forces launched their attack on the village of Bauw in South Sudan’s Unity State in early summer, Nyaduri and several other women fled into the bush. Their hiding place only gave them...
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Red Cross President Visits Yemen Amid Monthslong Civil War
SANAA, Yemen—The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived Saturday in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa, as security officials said a bomb inside a booby-trapped car at a key...
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Don’t Call It a Civil War—Ukraine’s Conflict Is an Act of Russian Aggression
As Ukraine marks 24 years since its independence from the Soviet Union, it is embroiled in the most dangerous armed conflict in Europe—against the Russian Federation. The stakes are incredibly high,...
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White House: Obama Wants to Admit More Syrian Refugees
WASHINGTON—The United States is making plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming budget year, a significant increase from the 1,500 people who have been cleared to resettle in the U.S. since...
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China Fuels Syrian War Through Iran Proxy
While Russia has been forthright about its military support for the the Syrian government, the Chinese regime is offering similar support, but from the shadows. China’s supply of weapons to the Syrian...
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From Syria to Jersey City, Against All Odds
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—There was a faint whistling sound; then, a deafening blast. The ground in Homs, Syria, quivered. Hussam Al Roustom saw his friend screeching to a halt in a vegetable truck. His friend...
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Ground Fighting Rages On in Yemen Ahead of Ceasefire
SANAA, Yemen—Fierce fighting was underway between forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the country’s Shiite rebels just hours before an agreed-on truce was supposed to...
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UN Endorses Peace Process for Syria; No Mention of Assad
UNITED NATIONS—The U.N. Security Council’s unanimous support of a peace process for Syria that is set to begin next month with government-opposition talks and a cease-fire represents its strongest...
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Besieged Syrian Villages Run Short of Food, Medicine
BEIRUT—Pro-government fighters recently evacuated from two besieged villages in northern Syria described harsh conditions there with scarce food and medicine, saying some residents are eating grass to...
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How British Businesses Helped the Confederacy Fight the American Civil War
The American Civil War devastated the US, but it also had serious consequences for the world beyond. Among them was the Lancashire cotton famine, which plunged thousands of British subjects into...
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Movie Review: ‘Free State of Jones’: Mississippi Braveheart
Former blacksmith Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) steadies an ex-slave’s head against a mangrove tree in a Mississippi swamp and starts slamming the steel bolt on the medieval, 4-pronged...
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