Since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011, tens of thousands foreign fighters from different parts world have joined various armed groups Syria and Iraq. There are three main fighters: Firstly, pro-ISIS who associated with jihadist like Islamic State Iraq (ISIS); secondly, pro-regime Shiite affiliated Assad government; finally, anti-ISIS Western fighters, fighting Kurdish Christian against ISIS ...

BACKGROUND Muay Thai is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. Currently, little is known about the injuries and risk factors for injuries among Muay Thai fighters. Gaining more insight into the nature and frequency of injury in this sport provides part of the overall sports injury picture, within the larger burden of injury as a public h...

There is a growing desire in many scientific and exploration communities to use cheap, small, autonomous vehicles to perform information gathering tasks. As the number of vehicles used for information gathering tasks increases from a single large, capable, often remotely operated vehicle to a collection of smaller, more specialized, autonomous vehicles, so too does the complexity of the plannin...

The truths of which the masses now approve are the very truths that the fighters at the outposts held to in the days of our grandfathers. We fighters at the outposts nowadays no longer approve of them; and I do not believe there is any other well-ascertained truth except this, that no community can live a healthy life if it is nourished only on such old marrowless truths. —Henrik Ibsen, An Enem...


 The physical training of the military must be extremely hard, as it is a support for programs. Moreover, prepare to deal with any situation they may encounter on battlefield: from climbing 3-meter-high wall under enemy fire running varied ground, 30 kg backpack and individual weapons in his hands. In addition, maintaining or improving performance professional personnel various settings c...

With a contingent of around 1,500 fighters, Morocco is considered one of the main exporters of foreign fighters to Syria. Until 2014, Moroccan authorities, who were content to see their own jihadis leave and add to the pressure on Bashar al-Assad, mostly turned a blind eye to networks of recruitment. Since the dramatic rise of the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, concern over local repercussio...

What motivates ordinary civilians to sacrifice their lives for revolutionary causes? We surveyed 179 Libyan revolutionaries during the 2011 conflict in Libya. These civilians-turned-fighters rejected Gaddafi's jamahiriyya (state of the masses) and formed highly cohesive fighting units typical of intense conflicts. Fighters reported high levels of "identity fusion"--visceral, family-like bonds b...