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17 hours ago · IS released a new photoset from last weekend's battle of Macomia, quite a big one. Includes vehicles seized from NGOs like @MSF. A few bodies, including a beheading shown in the process. A major success for the group, with significant loot safely sent out of the town . Interactive Map: global war on terrorist group Daesh aka Islamic State aka ISIS aka ISIL
17 hours ago · Map of campaigns in Egypt and Syria. In the meantime the Ottomans in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) received news of the French fleet's destruction at Aboukir and believed this spelled the end for Bonaparte and his expedition, trapped in Egypt. Sultan Selim III decided to wage war against France, and sent two armies to Egypt.
- 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
17 hours ago · Map of the Ancient Near East around 1400 BC. In the centuries preceding the appearance of the biblical Hebrews, parts of Canaan and southwestern Syria became tributary to the Egyptian pharaohs, although domination by the Egyptians remained sporadic, and not strong enough to prevent frequent local rebellions and inter-city struggles. Other areas ...
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17 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.
- 28 September 2000 – 8 February 2005, (4 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days)
17 hours ago · Some Uyghur fighters in Syria have also studied Zionism as a model for their homeland. [231] [232] As a result, "no Uyghur or East Turkestan group speaks for all Uyghurs", and Uyghurs in Pan-Turkic and Pan-Islamic camps have committed violence including assassinations on other Uyghurs who they think are too assimilated to Chinese society. [230]
- 11.8 million
- 200,000 (2010)
- 223,100 (2009)
- 100,000–300,000
17 hours ago · It is the sixth-most populous city in Turkey. Gaziantep is a diverse city inhabited mostly by ethnic Turks and a significant minority of Kurds and Syrian refugees. It was historically populated by Turkmens, Armenians, Jews, and a plethora of other ethnic groups. In February 2023, the city was heavily damaged by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
