A year ago, a soft-spoken sweet shop owner from this poor Syrian town got together with his little brother and eight friends to declare war on President Bashar Assad. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
At a desk and surrounded by wide-eyed children, Abu Maryam almost looks like the teacher he was training to be before he decided to form his own brigade in the Free Syrian Army. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Faraj al-Swehli, commander of the Swehli Brigade, shows a picture of one of the two British journalists arrested on suspicion of being spies, in Tripoli March 4, 2012. Two British journalists working for Iran's Press TV who were detai... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Commander of the "28th of May" militia brigade Imbarak al-Futmani speaks during an interview with Reuters in al-Sadada, about 300km (186 miles) east of Tripoli, January 27, 2012. Futmani, whose troops were driven out of the Liby... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - The fire brigade from Chile's National Forest Corporation (CONAF), fights a forest fire in Torres del Paine in southern Patagonia region of Chile December 30, 2011. Around 8,500 hectares have been burnt by a wildfire hitting the world... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Private Trevor Taylor from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division reads serial numbers off weapons that are being prepared for shipment back to the United States at Camp Virginia, Kuwait December 19, 2011. The 3rd Brigade, 1st ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, attend a casing of the colors ceremony at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base near Nasiriyah, Iraq, December 17, 2011. Around 500 troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division en... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division depart a mission brief on their way to perform perimeter security at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah December 16, 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulle... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Soldier Jessica Yeager from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division checks on her luggage while preparing to depart in a C-17 transport plane from Iraq at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah December 17, 2011. The last co... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (L) watch members of the Iraqi military depart the signing ceremony where the United States handed over their last base, Camp Adder, to the Iraqi Air Force near Nas... [Full Article]