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11 Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities in the World [ˈħalab]) is the largest city in Syria and serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,132,100 (2004 census), it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant.
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- Before It Was A Battleground, Aleppo Was The 'Jewel Of Syria'09:45. Syrian government soldiers walk in the damaged al-Farafira souk in the government-held side of Aleppo's historic city center on Sept. 16, 2016.
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- America's Got Talent crowned its season 9 champion Wednesday night. And the winner is... Mat Franco! Wow! Congratulations!. Unfreaking believable!. Yes, illusionist Mat Franco beat out country singer Emily West to become the first magician ever to walk away with the America's Got Talent title. Unfreaking believable, indeed!
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Mayadin District Mayadin District. Mayadin District (Arabic: منطقة الميادين‎‎) is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 247,171. Its administrative centre is the city of Mayadin.
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The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: Five Uncomfortable Questions for the International Community More... The speed at which Syria’s humanitarian crisis is unfolding is breathtaking. In the space of 18 months, Lebanon’s refugee population increased from 2,000 to over 500,000 – and this in a country with a population of 4 million.
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With Syria ablaze, dozens of Golan Heights Druze seek Israeli citizenship Druze have openly sworn allegiance to Syria ever since Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six Day War. Of the 20,000 Druze residing in the main villages of Majdal Shams, Mas’ade, Buq’ata, and Ein Qiniyye, only a few hundred have accepted Israeli citizenship.
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Neurons Transmission of a signal within a neuron (in one direction only, from dendrite to axon terminal) is carried out by the opening and closing of voltage-gated ion channels, which cause a brief reversal of the resting membrane potential to create an action potential.
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Quick facts: What you need to know about the Syria crisis What is happening to Syrians caught in the war? Nearly eight years since it began, the war has killed more than 480,000 people. Crowded cities have been destroyed and horrific human rights violations are widespread. Basic necessities like food and medical care are sparse. The U.N. estimates that 6.3 million people are internally displaced.
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Armenian genocide questions? Even Erivan, the capital of today's Armenia, was mostly Muslim before these wars. 2. The Ottoman administration, severely lacking in money and resources tried to contain this atrocity by exiling SOME Armenian populations, hoping to thwart civil war.
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Ancient Syria It is clear, however, that an agrarian civilization was already thriving in the region prior to the domestication of animals c. 10,000 BCE. Syria was an important trade region with ports on the Mediterranean, prized by a succession of Mesopotamian empires.
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Syria's civil war: five years of Guardian reporting Syria's civil war: five years of Guardian reporting. Syria has imploded since pro-democracy protests first shook the regime of Bashar al-Assad in March 2011. A brutal and complex war fuelled by sectarian, political and international divisions has killed hundreds of thousands of people and created millions of refugees.
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- The government retained support in Aleppo. A rebel commander said, around 70% of Aleppo city is with the regime. During the course of the battle, Assad lost support from Aleppo's wealthy class.
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- The Syrian Civil developed into a proxy war, under the power of President Bashar al-Assad, leading to 100,000 civilians dead and over 1.5 million Syrian refugees displaced throughout the Middle East.
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- Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War. Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War has been confirmed by the United Nations.[1] Deadly attacks during the war included the Ghouta attack in the suburbs of Damascus in August 2013 and the Khan al-Assal attack in the suburbs of Aleppo in March 2013.
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How the Russian MoD Invented a US Bombing of Aleppo How the Russian MoD Invented a US Bombing of Aleppo. This post originally appeared in Russian in the blog “Noodle Remover”. The following is an abridged translation of that post. On February 11, during a Russian Ministry of Defense briefing, Major General Igor Konashenkov claimed the following (I highlighted the parts which are of most interest):
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- For the current battle in Aleppo, see Battle of Aleppo (2012–16) Aleppo (/əˈlɛpoʊ/; Arabic: ﺣﻠﺐ‎‎ / ALA-LC: Ḥalab, IPA: [ˈħalab]) is a city in Syria, serving as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate.
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Saddest job in the world? The race to save Syria's history from obliteration Syria's history is rich and diverse. In addition to ancient cities, the country boasts within its borders some of the oldest churches in the world, dating from the beginnings of Christianity, and important shrines from the earliest times of Islam.
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Syrian regime airstrikes aiding Daesh offensive in Aleppo: US Embassy Syrian air force attacks in Aleppo reportedly killed around 100 people. (AFP/File). The Islamic State group [also known by the Arabic acronym Daesh] launched a new offensive in northern Syria this weekend in an apparent attempt to cut off the country’s largest city, Aleppo, from crucial supply lines to Turkey.he US Embassy in Syria charged in a series of tweets that the Syrian government was aiding Daesh's advance in its airstrikes against civilians. The jihadists also gained ground in northeast Syria, where a suicide bomber killed “at least nine regime loyalists” near Hasakeh, the Observatory said.
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UN says Syria refugee crisis worst since Rwanda Media caption UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said refugee numbers had not risen at such a frightening rate since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The conflict in Syria has caused the world's worst refugee crisis for 20 years, with an average of 6,000 people fleeing every day in 2013, the UN says.UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said refugee numbers had not risen at such a frightening rate since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.edia caption UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said refugee numbers had not risen at such a frightening rate since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The conflict in Syria has caused the world's worst refugee crisis for 20 years, with an average of 6,000 people fleeing every day in 2013, the UN says.
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- This 5-year-old boy has become the symbol of devastation in Aleppo. Haunting image shows Syrian boy rescued from Aleppo rubble. Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble.
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9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask Syria is a country in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It's about the same size as Washington state with a population a little over three times as large – 22 million.
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"Before It Was A Battleground, Aleppo Was The 'Jewel Of Syria'09:45XCopy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width=""100%"" height=""124"" scrolling=""no"" frameborder=""no"" src=""https://player.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/09/27/aleppo-syria""></iframe>Copy embed code" Even if they know the name, few Americans know much about Aleppo — one of world's oldest continually inhabited cities — beyond the grisly headlines coming out of the military conflict there. In addition to claiming more than 31,000 lives in Aleppo, the war has ravaged this city once known as the jewel of Syria..
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Aleppo: Who controls what Aleppo: Who controls what. Aleppo, once Syria's largest city, is an important battleground in the war with at least 250,000 besieged in the east. Aleppo is one of the key battlegrounds in the Syrian war. Since that conflict started in 2011, the northern city has been the stage of hard-fought battles. At least four major factions keep fighting for control of the strategically important city, which has seen some of the worst violence of the conflict.
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With Syria ablaze, dozens of Golan Heights Druze seek Israeli citizenship Read more on: Population Immigration and Border Authority - PIBA, Druze, Golan Heights, Syria, Majdal Shams, Mas'ade, Buq'ata, Damascus, Bashar Assad, Alawites, Syrian civil war.
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- At the very beginning of the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casualties of war proper being assisted by famine and disease.
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