U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the Islamic State-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press an offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), including the powerful...

More than 60 years ago, a bicycle thief in Louisville, Kentucky, unknowingly set in motion one of the most amazing sports careers in history. An angry 12-year-old Cassius Clay went to a policeman on that day in 1954, vowing he would find the thief who took his bike and have his revenge. The...

( Gazeta - Russia Beyond The Headlines)- The countries that use Russia’s most mass-produced second-generation main battle tank – the T-72 – should not worry about what to do with aging equipment and the transition of military operations from the field to urban conditions. The creators...

(Zama al-Wasl)- Russia officially began military air campaign in Syria on September 30 last year. According to experts, the Russian operations were more like training since the rebels do not have anti-aircraft weapons. Still, the rebels caused Russia, the second powerful state militarily,...