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What really started the American Civil War?

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The Conversation · May 29, 2023

From the Civil War to today’s mattress sales, Memorial Day is full of contradiction

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

Enjoy the barbecue, but don’t forget our lost heroes this Memorial Day

After 22 years working at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, I’m only starting to understand and appreciate the true meaning of this day, the director of Hines VA Hospital writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023

Kissinger at 100: The ‘bloody, dreadful, filthy’ Angolan civil war – in pictures

The Guardian visited Angola in 2001 as the long civil war – aggravated by the interventions of Henry Kissinger – between Unita and the government wound down. The images show how the conflict affected the people and landscape around the city of Kuito in Bie province

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

French foreign minister Colonna calls for Syria's al-Assad to be put on trial

France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Tuesday called for the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to be prosecuted for ordering the use of chemical weapons and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians during the country's civil war.

Radio France Internationale · May 23, 2023

Khartoum: the creation and the destruction of a modern African city

Khartoum is – was – a city that did not know war or fighting in its recent history. Now it is in the grip of a civil war between rival military forces.

The Conversation · May 22, 2023

Syria's Assad 'creates a problem but presents himself as a solution,' analyst says

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been shunned internationally for over a decade, due to the brutal repression of anti-government protesters and the use of chemical weapons by his regime during the country's civil war. Despite numerous reported atrocities, the leader has clung onto power with the sole support of two…

France 24 · May 19, 2023

Bashar al-Assad tells Arab League he hopes his return marks new era of peace

Assad is attending summit in Saudi Arabia after 12 years outside bloc over Syrian civil war

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2023

From joy to dismay, Syrians split over Assad's Arab League return

As some Syrians welcomed President Bashar al-Assad's return to the Arab League on Friday, others expressed dismay that Arab states had welcomed back a leader they blame for death and destruction during 12 years of brutal civil war.

Reuters · May 19, 2023

Factbox-Then and now: How Arab states changed course on Syria

President Bashar al-Assad's attendance at an Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday is the result of big policy shifts by Arab states that once backed his opponents in Syria's civil war.

Reuters · May 19, 2023