Exchanging prisoners was common by the time France ... also became synonymous with misery. In the Civil War, the most notorious camp was near Andersonville, Ga., where an estimated 30 percent ...

The Confederate Civil War prisoner camp in Andersonville, Georgia, was an utter nightmare for the many soldiers held within. It was dangerously overcrowded, rife with disease, and food and medical ...

Yemen's Houthi rebel group said that its release of war prisoners on Sunday is a goodwill gesture aimed at advancing prisoner exchanges, which is one of the most complex issues in the Yemeni conflict, ...

Gaza Yemen’s Houthi rebels freed 153 prisoners of war on Saturday, the Red Cross said. It is one of several moves in recent ...

Amid the torture and inhumanity of Saydnaya, stories of survival and unbroken spirit offer powerful testimony to the human ...

Military police fired into the air while pursuing the escapees and recaptured 410 of them, Kassara said. Efforts are ongoing ...

After the Civil War, the South’s economy ... and to support new expenses such as universal public education. The prison problem was especially challenging, as most prisons had been destroyed ...

Iran-backed rebels say they released 'humanitarian' prisoners, aiming 'to build trust and establish a new phase' in peace ...

Laye Sekou Camara admitted only that he’d lied on immigration forms more than a decade ago when he sought to enter the United States after a second civil war in Liberia.

The developments mark the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule since Syria’s civil war began in 2011. "We celebrate with the Syrian people the news of freeing our prisoners ...

Twenty-seven members of Gaza’s Civil Defense Service are still held by the Israeli army, the agency said on Monday. “At least ...