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The Oldest City In Human History Is On The Verge Of Being Ravaged By War

The Syrian capital of Damascus— inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BCE — is arguably the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.Syrian rebels — bolstered by an influx of Croatian weapons...

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New North Korean Video Shows The White House Under Fiery Assault

North Korea has produced another video showing the United States under attack, this time with the White House and the US Capitol literally in the crosshairs.The four-minute video titled "Firestorms...

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America Is STILL Paying For The Civil War

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the...

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US Contractor Charged With Passing Nuclear Secrets To A Chinese Woman

A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii has been charged with passing classified information about nuclear weapons and ballistic missile systems to a Chinese woman, according to a press release from the...

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Seven Marines Killed In Tragic Training Accident In Nevada

Seven U.S. Marines were killed and at least seven wounded during a training exercise on Monday night when a mortar round exploded inside a tube, NBC News reports.The Marines, from 1st Battalion, 9th...

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A Chinese National Appears To Be Fighting With Al-Qaeda In Syria

There's been evidence of a Japanese trucker taking pictures in Aleppo and a Russian judge reporting on government troops near Damascus, and now it appears a Chinese national is fighting with jihadist...

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Syrian Government and Rebels Blame Each Other For Chemical Attack In Aleppo

Syria's government on Tuesday accused rebel forces of using chemical weapons for the first time, but the opposition denied the claim, saying instead that government forces might have used banned...

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How The American People Were Sold The Iraq War

On March 19, 2003, as troops packed gear into their trucks on the Iraq-Kuwait border and loaded weapons for combat, President George W. Bush told the American people he had given the order to...

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The Letter James Mattis Wrote To His Marines Is A Must Read In Military History

Marine Gen. James N. Mattis is something of a legend in the U.S. military. Looked at as a warrior among Marines, and well-respected by members of other services, he's been at the forefront of a number...

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Former Halliburton Subsidiary Received $39.5 Billion In Iraq-Related...

The accounting of the financial cost of the nearly decade-long Iraq War will go on for years, but a recent analysis has shed light on the companies that made money off the war by providing support...

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It's Highly Unlikely The 2 Alleged Chemical Attacks In Syria Came From Rebels

There are reports that neighborhoods near both Aleppo and Damascus were hit with chemicals — suggesting a coordinated attack — and the circumstances make it unlikely rebels were responsible, James...

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The Israeli Army Is NOT Happy About Bar Refaeli's Pro-Israel Ad

The Israeli Foreign Ministry picked supermodel Bar Refaeli as the face of its new ad campaign, and the Israeli Defence Force is not happy about it.Why? The Sports Illustrated bikini model dodged...

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New US-Educated Prime Minister Of Syria Has One Massive Problem

On Monday the Syrian opposition chose naturalized Syrian-born American citizen Ghassan Hitto to lead an interim government tasked with aiding rebels and serving as an alternative to the regime of...

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B-52 Bombers Are Flying In South Korea As Show Of Force Against The North

On Mar. 8, a B-52 bomber based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flew a mission over South Korea as part of Exercise Foal Eagle.Although Foal Eagle is an annual exercise involving U.S. and South Korean...

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Solar And Wave Powered Robots Revolutionize Information Gathering On The Open...

Silicon Valley startup Liquid Robotics said today that it has raised $45 million in new funding to expand its fleet of autonomous solar-and-wave powered robots that are roaming the world’s oceans...

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This Reporter Followed US Marines As They Fought The Most Storied Battle Of...

I first learned of Kevin Sites after finding a video posted on YouTube, where he interviewed a young Marine named William Wold on the deadly streets of Fallujah in 2004. In that incredible video, I saw...

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Here's Another Sign That Investors Are Totally Unconcerned About Defense...

Defense stocks have actually outperformed the S&P 500 since the start of the year, a sign that investors are relatively unconcerned about the effects of the sequester budget cuts on the...

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Russia May Want A Cyprus Naval Port In Exchange For A Bailout

If you want to know why the EU is nervous about Cyprus negotiating with Russia for a bailout, look no further than this Ekathimerini report on the status of negotiations between the two countries.It is...

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Everyone Should Remember The Casualties Of War On The 10th Anniversary Of The...

Back in August, The New York Times ran a spread containing all the faces of the dead Afghanistan veterans.On the 10th anniversary of America's invasion of Iraq, it's important to remember there's still...

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Every Day I Walk The Streets Of America, A Part Of Me Is Walking In Baghdad

Iraq. It wasn't a great war, it wasn't a "loved" war, and when they write the final history of this country, I think it will be nothing more than a foot note.  It was contentious.  It was painful.  It...

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