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19 jaw-dropping photos of some of the world's toughest military training
Militaries have the challenge of preparing their soldiers for the worst of what they may face on the battlefield.The world's militaries require their personnel to go through grueling training to equip...
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6 infants drown as migrant boat capsizes off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) - Eleven migrants including six infants drowned when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Samos, trapping most of them in the cabin, the coast guard said on Sunday.Fifteen...
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ISIS just got even closer to a key Syrian supply line
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters took control of the Syrian town of Maheen in the southwest of Homs province on Sunday after an attack on government forces in the area, a monitoring group and...
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Multiple people reportedly injured following explosion in southeastern Turkey
At least 20 people were injured, 3 of them seriously, after an explosion reportedly rocked a grocery store in the southeastern Turkish city of Nusaybin, according to the Turkish newspaper Radikal....
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Iran is already threatening to pull out of peace talks on Syria
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it would pull out of Syria peace talks if it found them unconstructive, citing the "negative role" of its main regional adversary Saudi Arabia, according to state...
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Flight recorders show crashed Russian jet was not struck from the outside
The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt was not struck from the outside, and the pilot did not make a distress call before it disappeared from radar, a source in the committee analyzing the flight...
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Why a free Ukraine matters to America and the free world
Ukraine gained its independence from Russia in 1991, and over a decade later, in the people’s “Revolution of Dignity” of 2014, saw an end to the corrupt regime of President Viktor Fedorovych...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch gave an impassioned plea for refugees after every Hamlet...
Benedict Cumberbatch recently finished a three-month stint playing "Hamlet" in London. In addition to raves about his performances, the actor earned headlines for giving nightly speeches in which he...
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UK lawmakers: There is no 'coherent international strategy' for air strikes...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should not extend its air strikes against Islamic State fighters into Syria until there is a clear strategy to defeat the militants, a committee of British lawmakers said,...
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Syrian rebel groups use caged prisoners as human shields
A Syrian rebel group has defended its decision to use prisoners as human shields against regime and Russian air strikes.Video footage posted over the weekend showed dozens of people being transported...
View ArticleSyrian rebels are locking people into cages to use them as human shields
Video out of Syria shows rebel militias locking people into cages in order to use them as human shields. The footage, which was taken in an eastern suburb of Damascus that was attacked by the Syrian...
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The US is moving jets intended for air-to-air combat to Syria — and Russia...
Russia's military intervention in Syria in support of the regime of Bashar al-Assad has made US operations in the country more complicated. Although both countries are purportedly fighting ISIS, their...
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The US has a brutally incoherent strategy in Syria
When he was asked why the Obama administration announced the dispatch of a contingent of Special Operations forces to Syria on the same day a multinational conference was discussing diplomatic...
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The head of the Revolutionary Guard general just hinted at a rift between...
The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has hinted at a conflict of interest between Russia and Iran over the fate of Bashar al-Assad, saying that Moscow’s intervention in Syria aims to...
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A block of wood for beheadings and a torture chamber — what ISIS left behind...
Ground forces have had some success in liberating cities in Iraq and Syria from ISIS terrorists, but the towns aren't always able to get back to normal life once the militants leave and new authorities...
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This family has been stuck in an airport for over 40 days
Hasan Ahmad’s family has been living inside Terminal E at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport for over 40 days, the BBC reports.The Syrian Kurdish family of six recently fled their home in...
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A child without nationality is born every 10 minutes according to the UN
A child with no nationality is born every ten minutes around the world, reveals a latest report by United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. According to the report, at least 70,000 stateless children are...
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How the Syrian conflict could get even bigger and bloodier
President Obama says he doesn't want to turn the Syria conflict into a proxy war.Unfortunately, that's already happening, as combatants join the battle against the Islamic State with radically...
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Rebels down government air force plane in western Syria
Rebels shot down a Syrian government warplane with anti-aircraft fire on Wednesday in the western province of Hama, forcing its pilot to eject, a monitoring group and an insurgent media spokesman...
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A test over Syria shows how anxious the US and Russia are about an accidental...
US and Russian aircraft carried out a test of emergency communications over Syria on November 4th, Stars and Stripes reports. The countries' aircraft purposefully flew close to each other in order to...
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