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: Burckhardt's map of Syria and Holy Land, showing Palestine and Egypt and the Ottoman Pashaliks.jpg Licensing This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be ...
It aims to track down, collect, preserve and study photographs from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora. [1] Its expanding collection includes more than 600,000 photographic objects from Lebanon , Syria , Palestine , Jordan , Egypt , Morocco , Iraq , Iran , Mexico , Argentina , and Senegal .
South Lebanon and Vicinity 1976 – Map from the University of Texas at Austin, showing Syrian villages in the Golan Heights from pre-1967 sources. Southern Lebanon Border Area 1986 – Map from the University of Texas at Austin general libraries map collection, showing Syrian villages in the Golan Heights from pre-1967 sources.
The East Aleppo offensive is an operation launched by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in December 2024 against the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) to regain control of territory that was lost during the Manbij offensive and to advance from Dayr Hafir into the Tishrin Dam area.
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
After the Ottomans withdrew, Arab leaders proclaimed an independent state in Damascus, but were swiftly defeated by the forces of Great Britain and France who soon after establishing control, re-arranged the Middle East to suit themselves. [81] Syria became a French protectorate as a League of Nations mandate. The Christian coastal areas were ...
[4] While a rookie photographer himself, [6] he was among a collection of kidnapped American journalists held by Syrian jihadis. [7] He was eventually held in a series of rebel-controlled prisons in the Syrian city of Aleppo. [8] He strategically converted to Islam in March 2013 as a survival tactic to get better treatment, a tactic that ended ...
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