In Syria, a long-dormant civil war reignites
The belligerents are the last survivors of Syria’s hugely destructive civil war, which began in 2011 as another Arab Spring revolution, with antigovernment protesters demanding Assad leave.
A history of martial law in South Korea in Associated Press photographs
Martial law was first used in 1948 by South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee as he cracked down on communist uprisings, ...
PBS1d
Syrians describe living in the crossfire of a brutal civil war for 13 years
Since Syria's “Arab Spring,” protests devolved into a decade-plus bloodletting. Fleeing civilians have been caught in the ...
What to know about sudden rebel gains in Syria’s 13-year war and why it matters
The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on one of Syria’s largest ...
Inside a Secret Plan to Bring Uyghurs Trapped in China to the United States
On Thanksgiving eve, U.S. diplomats reunited family members who had not seen each other in years because of China’s harsh ...
When Rape in War Is Seen as a Minor Transgression
Conscious of the mood in the room and careful to avoid tension, my colleague, a soft-spoken Congolese man whose identity I’m ...
Minnesota's Hmong New Year festival brings thousands together
The annual Hmong New Year festival took place at the RiverCentre in downtown St. Paul and was organized by the United Hmong ...
In Syria, a sudden reminder of a war that never ended
The dramatic unraveling of the past days might show how hollow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s supremacy was.
What led to Syria’s 13-year civil war, and why has fighting surged again?
The sudden assault by Syrian rebels has rapidly redrawn the civil war’s front lines and threatened once again the authority ...