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  2. Kerak Castle - Wikipedia

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    Kerak Castle (Arabic: قلعة الكرك, romanized: Qal'at al-Karak) is a large medieval castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest castles in the Levant . Construction began in the 1140s, under Pagan and Fulk, King of Jerusalem .

  3. Al-Karak - Wikipedia

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    Al-Karak has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age, and was an important city for the Moabites.In the Bible it is called Kir-haresh, Kir-hareseth or Kir of Moab, and is identified as having been subject to the Neo-Assyrian Empire; in the Books of Kings (2 Kings 16:9) and Book of Amos (Amos 1:5, 9:7), it is mentioned as the place where the Arameans went before they settled in the regions ...

  4. List of castles in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Kerak Castle: Jordan: Kerak Castle (Arabic: قلعة الكرك, romanized: Qal'at al-Karak) is a large Crusader castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It was built by the Crusaders in the 12th century and it is situated high on a hilltop. [7] Construction of the castle began in the 1140s, under Pagan and Fulk, King of Jerusalem.

  5. Krak des Chevaliers - Wikipedia

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    The castle was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with Qal'at Salah El-Din, in 2006, [1] and is owned by the Syrian government. Smoke coming from the castle in August 2013, during the Syrian Civil War. Several of the castle's former residents built their houses outside the fortress and a village called al-Husn has since developed. [50]

  6. Siege of Kerak - Wikipedia

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    Saladin, a Sunni Muslim and the leader of the Muslim forces, decided that the Kerak castle would be an ideal target, both to protect the ability of Muslims to travel freely between Egypt to Damascus and to dissuade future Christian attacks on Mecca. [6] Demonstrations of war machines used during the siege of Kerak in Kerak Castle Museum

  7. 'Prolific fraudster' admits multiple rent scams

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    A man who falsely advertised his flat for rent to scam numerous people out of thousands of pounds has pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraud. Kyle Jackson, of Hart Close, Wilton, Wiltshire ...

  8. Karak Governorate - Wikipedia

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    The land of Karak Governorate is situated along the south eastern coast of the Dead Sea and the mountain chain known as the Mountains of Moab. Wadi Mujib, biblically known as Arnon River, flows through the mountains of Karak Governorate and ends in the Dead Sea. The cities in the governorate are located at elevations ranging from over 1000 ...

  9. Russia is ‘recycling’ wounded troops, sending some to the ...

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    The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing ...