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21 hours ago · Over half a million people died in the war, including around two hundred thousand civilians. By May 2011, thousands of people had fled from the war to neighbouring countries, with even larger numbers displaced within Syria itself.
21 hours ago · A woman cries as police inspect the site of the Russian missile attack that hit a recreation area, killing five people, in the outskirts of Kharkiv, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Andrii Marienko/
21 hours ago · At least 30 people have died trying to escape conscription by crossing a river separating Ukraine from neighbouring Romania and Hungary, the Ukrainian border service said;
21 hours ago · The French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was a Napoleonic campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, executed by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon proclaimed to "defend French trade interests" and to establish "scientific enterprise" in the region.
- 1 July 1798 – 2 September 1801, (3 years, 2 months and 1 day)
- Anglo-Ottoman victory, End of Mamluk rule in Egypt, Formal end of the Franco-Ottoman alliance, Failure of French expedition to Syria, Capitulation of French administration in Egypt
21 hours ago · The Second Intifada (Arabic: الانتفاضة الثانية, romanized: Al-Intifāḍa aṯ-Ṯhāniya, lit. 'The Second Uprising'; Hebrew: האינתיפאדה השנייה Ha-Intifada ha-Shniya), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major uprising by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation, characterized by a period of heightened violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel between 2000 and 2005.
21 hours ago · Total population; c. 13.5 million Regions with significant populations; China (mainly in Xinjiang): 11.8 million: Kazakhstan: 223,100 (2009) Pakistan: 200,000 (2010 ...
21 hours ago · During the war, the empire's Armenian subjects were deported to Syria as part of the Armenian genocide. As a result, an estimated 600,000 [160] to more than 1 million, [160] or up to 1.5 million [161] [162] [163] Armenians were killed.
