“A Republican civil war” Local impact of the contentious race for Texas’ Speaker of the House
In just a few weeks, the Texas Legislature will convene for its 89th regular session. Despite a Republican-controlled Senate ...
As landowners resist, Texas’ border wall is fragmented and built in remote areas
At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties.
How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory
The event, organized by the Fraternity of American Descendants – a nonprofit Confederate descendants organization founded in 1954 to maintain “the historical and cultural heritage of North American ...
The Fall of Assad in Syria: How It Happened and What Comes Next
In just over a week, Syrian rebel forces seized much of Syria’s northwest. First, the rebels captured Syria’s largest city, ...
The concern of Druze families, separated by the Israeli-occupied buffer zone with Syria
With the departure of the Syrian regime's security forces following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the Israeli army has entered ...
The original great divide between Kansas and Missouri: What the border war has to teach us today
When Kansans are reminded of the Kansas-Missouri border war, they might recall hard-fought battles on the hardwood or the ...
Fall of Assad puts Russia’s large military footprint in Syria at risk
The Russian military sites in Syria include a naval port on the Mediterranean Sea to berth submarines and an airfield to ...
Biden praises regime change in Syria after rebels capture Damascus
A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flees, war monitor says, as his government collapses and insurgents enter Damascus
Syrian insurgents reached Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that saw them take over some of Syria's largest ...
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Syrian rebels topple Assad who flees to Russia in Mideast shakeup
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent ...
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What Syria’s Revived Civil War Means for the Region
The primary group behind the offensive is believed to be Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (known as HTS or Tahrir al-Sham), which emerged at the outset of the Syrian civil war. It is an offshoot of an Al ...
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Key players in Syria’s long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel offensive
(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool, File) FILE - Israeli soldiers drive military vehicles during an exercise in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria ... details with field ...