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1 day ago · Daesh carries out attacks on both regime-held areas and regions held by the SDF. According to Darwish, these attacks are attempts “to show continued presence and strength.”. The divided nature of Syria complicates the response. “What remains of the terrorist group’s remnants in our regions is limited to sleeper cells, and they are dealt ...
2 days ago · Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] ( c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011. He first served as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the Brotherly Leader of the ...
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 ...
2 days ago · The spike of one-sided violence in 1994 is mostly due to the Rwandan genocide. This is a list of wars that began between 1990 and 2002. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity. Major wars from this era include the Rwandan Civil War in Africa, the Yugoslav Wars in Europe ...
2 days ago · c. 800,000 - 2,000,0000 [72] (referred to as al-Muwaḥḥidūn al-Druze) The story of the creation of the Druze faith in the days between 1017 and 1018 is dominated by three men and their struggle for influence. Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad was an Ismaili mystic and scholar from Khorasan, who arrived in Fatimid Egypt in 1014 or 1016 [73] and began ...
3 days ago · The ICRC carries out its activities in Syria in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, to contribute to better access to food, improve access to medical services, rehabilitate water and sanitation networks across the country, and help people gradually restore their livelihoods. The ICRC also supports hundreds of thousands of Syrian ...
3 days ago · Stay on top of Palestine latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
