In 1793, America had a significant problem. It had no navy. The ships that remained from the Continental Navy had been retrofitted as merchant vessels. America was interested in trade with the great ...

This was the beginning of the Barbary Wars, and it was the first time the United States encountered the Islamic world. Jefferson didn’t know Qaramanli had declared war, though, and sent some ...

For centuries, Barbary pirates operating from North Africa attacked European coastal communities and merchant ships, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shortly after America had achieved its independence from Great Britain, the new nation confronted a threat from the Ottoman ...

Some Republican leaders have compared the war in Iraq with President Thomas Jefferson's historic confrontation with the Barbary pirates. But the whole story does not necessarily serve the Republican ...

The fledgling United States Marine Corps proved its dauntless courage with a "miracle" victory in the Battle of Derna on the shores of Tripoli in North Africa on this day in history, April 27, 1805.

We have met the new Barbary pirates. And they are us. We fought twin wars against the original Barbary pirates in the early 1800s, only to become their look-a-like. On Dec. 10, the United States ...

Shortly after America had achieved its independence from Great Britain, the new nation confronted a threat from the Ottoman provinces of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Beginning in 1784, raiders from ...