A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue ... The South wished to take slavery into the western territories, while the North was committed to keeping them open ...

It controls most of the northwestern territory still held by opposition ... More than a decade of civil war, proxy battles and an invasion by Islamic State terrorists have left Syria carved ...

The Congolese army said some of the recovered towns have been occupied by rebels for months, including Ngungu, a key town in ...

Who controls what territory in Syria? Here is a look at who controls what territory in Syria, where war began in 2011 following the government’s crackdown on peaceful democracy protests.