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5 days ago · Sayfo. The Sayfo ( Syriac: ܣܲܝܦܵܐ, lit. 'sword' ), also known as the Seyfo or the Assyrian genocide, was the mass slaughter and deportation of Assyrian / Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan province by Ottoman forces and some Kurdish tribes during World War I . The Assyrians were divided into mutually ...
2 days ago · Ārāmāyā in Syriac Esṭrangelā script Syriac-Aramaic alphabet. Aramaic (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: ארמית, romanized: ˀərāmiṯ; Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡܐܝܬ, romanized: arāmāˀiṯ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, where it has been continually written and spoken in different varieties for over three thousand years.
6 days ago · The Battle of Siffin ( Arabic: مَعْرَكَة صِفِّينَ, romanized : Maʿraka Ṣiffīn) was fought in 657 CE (37 AH) between the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and the rebellious governor of Syria Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. The battle is named after its location Siffin on the banks of the Euphrates. The fighting stopped ...
May 16, 2024 · The Kurdish language, with nearly 25 million speakers, is a West Iranian language that is closely related to Persian and Pashto. The Kurds were thought to number between 36 million and 46 million in the mid-2010s. They lived primarily in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria with diasporic communities in Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union.
2 days ago · Bashar al-Assad (born September 11, 1965, Damascus, Syria) is the Syrian president from 2000. He succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad, who had ruled Syria since 1971. In spite of early hopes that his presidency would usher in an era of democratic reform and economic revival, Bashar al-Assad largely continued his father’s authoritarian methods.
May 13, 2024 · Lebanon is a country facing multiple crises, from political deadlock to economic collapse to social unrest. Al Jazeera provides you with the latest news, analysis, and opinions on Lebanon ...
May 22, 2024 · Fall of Constantinople (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The Byzantine Empire came to an end when the Ottomans breached Constantinople’s ancient land wall after besieging the city for 55 days. The fall of the city allowed for Ottoman expansion into eastern Europe.
