Eighteen Americans were killed in the battle in Somalia. It was 25 years ago this week that some of America's most elite military forces were pinned down by hundreds of Somali fighters in an intense ...

SAN DIEGO — A pivotal moment in U.S. military history is getting a fresh perspective as Netflix prepares to release "Surviving Black Hawk Down," a three-part documentary series chronicling the 1993 ...

Ridley Scott’s 2001 war film Black Hawk Down divided critics when it was first released in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The gritty action movie, which features a star-studded cast including Josh ...

Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down stands as a harrowing depiction of war from the perspective of the soldiers trapped behind enemy lines. Netflix's new series will now focus on the people who fought and ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C., (USASOC NEWS SERVICE, Oct. 3, 2018) -- "Black Hawk Down," for many Americans, brings to mind the intense 17-hour battle that took place October 1993, in the dusty streets of ...

In 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia was caught in the violent political conflict of the Somali Civil War. Over 400 U.S. service member operators had commenced the mission, ‘Operation Gothic Serpent’ with the ...

A Somali suspected of being a militia leader during the 1993 battle that left 18 Americans dead was arrested Monday on suspicion of war crimes while attending a conference in Sweden, police and ...

Americans know about Somali rebel leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid from the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993 and the movie "Black Hawk Down." Lesser known is the fact that Aidid and his militiamen's ...

It was still possible, this summer, to see some hope in Somalia. The country was in dire need of some. The Ethiopian army, which invaded last December, had killed thousands of Somalis and lost ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1919, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Dolf Luque becomes the first Latino player to appear in a World Series. Luque was born in Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 4, 1890. In ...

The literature on war economies argues that prolonged civil wars have an economic logic: certain groups may obtain material gains from committing acts of violence and hence resist peacebuilding ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1919, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Dolf Luque becomes the first Latino player to appear in a World Series. Luque was born in Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 4, 1890. In ...