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Famagusta, [a] also known by several other names, is a city located in the Gazimağusa District of the de facto and unrecognised state of Northern Cyprus.
Varosha, as seen from outside the military fence Abandoned hotels in Varosha Varosha viewed from Paralimni in 2017.. Varosha (Greek: Βαρώσια, romanized: Varósia, locally; Turkish: Maraş or Kapalı Maraş [2] [3]) is the southern quarter of Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus.
Realizing it was abandoned and isolated, the command of the 341st ordered retreat at 17:00, covered by the T-34 tanks. The T-34 tanks (immobilized due to mechanical failures) and the six 6-pounder guns were left behind at their positions. The first Turkish units, including 4 M47 tanks and 11 M113 APCs, entered Famagusta at 17:30. They united ...
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The Venetian defenders of Famagusta numbered about 8,500 men with 90 artillery pieces and were commanded by Marco Antonio Bragadin. They would hold out for 11 months against a force that would come to number more than 200,000 men, with 145 guns, [ 1 ] providing the time needed by the Pope to cobble together an anti-Ottoman league from the ...
The sources, along with intelligence documents Reuters found in an abandoned military office in the capital, painted a detailed picture of how Assad's once-feared army had been hollowed out by the ...
David travels to Medellín, where he investigates the legacy of Pablo Escobar.He later tours La Catedral with Escobar's former hit man Popeye.He then journeys to Mexico City, where he meets followers of Santa Muerte and witnesses an exorcism before experiencing a mock illegal border crossing into the US.