[Sir Keyboard Commando] just emerged from his machine shop to show off the 1/6th scale model of a Civil War mortar which he recently finished fabricating. It started with some bar stock that ...

But the sense of sanctuary is eroding. Mortar shells and gunfire from the Syrian civil war began spilling into the Golan in November. Israel returned fire — the first cross-border conflict on ...

As the Civil War dragged on, the Union looked to capture ... The fleet included specialized mortar boats to fire artillery at the two coastal forts, Fort Jackson and Fort St.

During the conflict, civilians volunteered or were conscripted into jobs to help the war effort ... gas masks and recruiting volunteers for civil defence and the emergency services.

The entrance to Banias was guarded by plainclothes men equipped with AK-47s and a few meters ahead by a group of police officers aiming their weapons at approaching cars, unsure whether to shoot or ...

After more than 30 years of civil war ended in 1998 ... AFP journalists saw a rusty mortar left between tree trunks with police tape around the site to warn people away. Villager Som Khatna ...