Two centuries after the Barbary Wars, America is once again fighting a war overseas to protect its shipping, as well as that of its allies and friends.

It existed in the mountains and deserts of North Africa’s Barbary Coast, from Morocco to Egypt. The Barbary lion was previously considered a separate lion subspecies until 2017. According to the ...

Barbary corsairs—the name for both the ships and those who crewed them—were privateers who sailed for several countries along ...