SYRIA A day after reports (well, one report) said it was quitting the demilitarized zone that Russian and Turkey established in Idlib province--making it the first rebel faction to do so--a spokesman for Faylaq al-Sham said on Monday that the group has done no such thing. In another development that augurs poorly for the success … Continue reading Middle East update: October 1 2018
Month: October 2018
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Capture of Damascus (1918)
The Egyptian Expeditionary Force’s capture of Damascus in early October, 1918, marks the end of World War I in the Middle East. Some scattered fighting continued around Aleppo, but it took only two weeks after losing Damascus for the Ottoman Empire to undergo a complete political upheaval and reach out to the British government to … Continue reading Today in Middle Eastern history: the Capture of Damascus (1918)
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