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Med in 9th Century2021-03-08T03:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/01/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-massacre-of-the-citadel-1811/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/masakra_mamelukc3b3w.jpgmasakra_mamelukc3b3wMuhammad Ali reclines during the massacre, by 19th century painter Horace Vernet (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/modernegypt2c_muhammad_ali_by_auguste_couder2c_bap_17996.jpgmodernegypt2c_muhammad_ali_by_auguste_couder2c_bap_17996Mehmed Ali Pasha, a portrait by 19th century French painter Auguste Couder (Wikimedia Commons)2021-03-03T02:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/23/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-1966-syrian-coup/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/baath_party_founder_michel_aflaq_with_iraqi_president_saddam_hussein_in_1988.jpgbaath_party_founder_michel_aflaq_with_iraqi_president_saddam_hussein_in_1988Aflaq and Saddam Hussein, 1988 (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/michel_aflaq_and_salah_jadid_in_1963.jpgmichel_aflaq_and_salah_jadid_in_1963Aflaq (front and center) and Jadid (right, in the hat) shortly after the 1963 coup (Wikimedia)2021-02-26T04:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/25/today-or-a-few-days-in-north-african-history-the-battle-of-kasserine-pass-1943/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1starmordivkasserinetunisia1943.jpg1stArmorDivKasserineTunisia1943A US M3 Lee tank during the battle (World War II Signal Corps Photograph Collection via Wikimedia Commons)2021-02-26T03:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/24/today-in-south-asian-history-the-battle-of-karnal-1739/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/7_muhammad_shah_and_nadir_shah._1740_musee_guimet_paris.jpg7_Muhammad_Shah_and_Nadir_Shah._1740,_Musee_Guimet,_ParisPainting of Muhammad Shah (left) chatting with Nader Shah after the battle (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nadershahpainting.pngnadershahpaintingPortrait of Nader Shah (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/map-iran-n-18th-c.jpgMap - Iran n 18th CIran in the 18th century, featuring the campaigns of Nader Shah2021-02-26T03:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/21/today-in-iranian-history-the-1921-iranian-coup/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/reza_shah_pahlavi.jpgreza_shah_pahlaviReza Shah2021-02-22T03:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/18/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-sixth-crusade-ends-1229/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/al-kamil_muhammad_al-malik_and_frederick_ii_holy_roman_emperor.jpgal-kamil_muhammad_al-malik_and_frederick_ii_holy_roman_emperorFrederick (left) meets al-Kamil in this 14th century miniature (Wikimedia)2021-02-22T03:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/16/today-in-american-history-the-burning-of-the-uss-philadelphia-1804/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/burning_of_the_uss_philadelphia.jpgburning_of_the_uss_philadelphiaBy Edward Moran - Naval History and Heritage Command: Photo #: KN-10849 (Color), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3233052021-02-17T02:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/14/today-in-north-african-history-the-battle-of-sidi-bou-zid-1943/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tunisia30janto10apr1943.jpgtunisia30janto10apr1943Operations in Tunisia, January-April 1943 (Wikimedia)2021-02-15T03:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/03/26/today-in-european-history-the-third-siege-of-algeciras-ends-1344/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/estrecho_arabe.jpgestrecho_arabeAlgeciras in relation to the other major cities of the region (Wikimedia | )2021-02-14T20:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/02/11/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-iranian-revolution-1979/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/unknown.jpegUnknownIranian man holding a newspaper with the headline "The Shah Left," January 1979https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tehran_ashura_demonstration_11_december_1978_16.jpgTehran_Ashura_Demonstration,_11_December_1978_(16)Ashura protests in Tehran, December 1978 (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/jalehsquare2.jpgJalehSquare2Black Friday, September 1978 (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ruhollah_and_ahmad_khomeini_visiting_mohammad_kazem_shariatmadari_2.jpgRuhollah_and_Ahmad_Khomeini_visiting_Mohammad_Kazem_Shariatmadari_(2)Khomeini (right) and his son Ahmad (left) meeting with Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, who participated in the revolution but opposed Khomeini's plans for an "Islamic republic" (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shahs_exit_from_iran_01.jpgShah's_exit_from_Iran_012021-02-12T03:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/10/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-mongols-sack-baghdad-1258/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bagdad1258.jpgBagdad1258The Mongols besieging Baghdad, from a manuscript of 14th century chronicler Rashid al-Din's Compendium of Histories (Bibliothèque nationale de France)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/map-mongol-campaigns-in-the-middle-east.jpgMap - Mongol Campaigns in the Middle East2021-02-12T03:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/02/08/today-in-middle-eastern-history-iraqs-ramadan-revolution-1963/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ahmad_hassan_el_bakr.jpgAhmad_Hassan_el_BakrAhmad Hassan al-Bakr (Wikimedia Commons)2021-02-10T04:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/08/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-battle-of-al-mansurah-begins-1250/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/seventh_crusade.jpgSeventh_crusadeKing Louis (bathed in halo) arriving in Nicosia on his way to Egypt, from a manuscript of The Life of Saint Louis by a Franciscan friar named Guillaume de Saint-Pathus (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/map-crusades-later.jpgMap - Crusades, LaterThe later Crusades, with the Battle of Mansurah marked2021-02-10T04:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/03/today-in-world-history-the-battle-of-diu-1509/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/map-india-eve-of-mughal-invasion.jpgMap - India - Eve of Mughal InvasionIndia c. the early 1500s; you can see Diu marked in Gujarat (Gujerat, whatever)2021-02-05T02:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/02/this-month-in-middle-eastern-history-the-hama-massacre-1982/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rifaathafezassad-1.jpgRifaathafezassadhttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rifaathafezassad.jpgrifaathafezassadHafez (R) and Rifaat al-Assad, the perpetrators of this particular massacre (Wikimedia)2021-02-03T03:11:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/01/today-in-middle-eastern-history-khomeini-returns-from-exile-1979/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/imam_khomeini_in_mehrabad.jpgimam_khomeini_in_mehrabad"Imam Khomeini in Mehrabad" by Also uploaded by en:User:Sa.vakilian in en.wiki and by fa:User:Mrostam in fa.Wiki - sajed.ir. It has released under GFDL license."باز نشر کلیه مطالب این سایت شامل مقالات، اخبار، صوت و تصویر و ... به طور کامل و یا چکیده آن با ذکر منبع بلامانع است.«کلیهٔ مطالب تحت مجوز مستندات آزاد گنو (GFDL) منتشر می‌شوند». Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imam_Khomeini_in_Mehrabad.jpg#/media/File:Imam_Khomeini_in_Mehrabad.jpg2021-02-03T03:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/01/today-in-european-history-the-skirmish-at-bender-1713/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mazepa2.jpgMazepa2Charles (seated) and Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa after Poltava, by 19th-20th century Swedish painter Gustaf Cederström (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/karl_xii_1706.jpgKarl_XII_1706https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/locationswedishempire.pnglocationswedishempire"LocationSwedishEmpire" by Zakuragi - Self-made from Image:Blank map europe.png; borders are based on Image:Sweden 1658.jpg and Image:Sweden in 1658.PNG.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LocationSwedishEmpire.png#/media/File:LocationSwedishEmpire.png2021-02-03T02:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/26/today-in-south-asian-history-the-battle-of-talikota-1565/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/21180_deccan_sultanates_from_schwartzberg_atlas.jpg21180_deccan_sultanates_from_schwartzberg_atlasThe Deccan Sultanates and the Vijayanagara Empire2021-01-27T04:26:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/01/25/today-in-islamic-history-january-25/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/balami_-_tarikhnama_-_abul-abbas_al-saffah_is_proclaimed_the_first_abbasid_caliph_cropped.jpgBalami_-_Tarikhnama_-_Abu'l-'Abbas_al-Saffah_is_proclaimed_the_first_'Abbasid_Caliph_(cropped)The first Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, receives oaths of loyalty in Kufa, from a manuscript of Abu Ali Muhammad Balami's 10th century chronicle, one of the earliest surviving Persian works (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/map-islamic-expansion-to-750.jpgMap - Islamic Expansion to 750https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/abbasrev.jpgabbasrevThis is a great map of the course of the Abbasid Revolution (Princeton)2021-01-27T04:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/26/today-in-european-history-the-treaty-of-karlowitz-1699/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/map-ottoman-defeat-1683-1718.jpgMap - Ottoman Defeat 1683-1718Ottoman territory given up in the Treaty of Karlowitz and in the 1718 Treaty of Passarowitz2021-01-27T04:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/22/today-in-middle-east-history-the-republic-of-mahabad-is-born-1946/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/stjosz0.jpgstjosz0https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/republic_of_mahabad_and_south_azerbaijan_1945_1946.pngrepublic_of_mahabad_and_south_azerbaijan_1945_19462021-01-25T02:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/21/today-in-middle-east-history-the-battle-of-bakhamra-763/2021-01-22T03:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/17/today-in-world-war-i-the-battle-of-sarikamish-ends-1915/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sarikam.jpgSarikamRussian forces in their trenches near Sarikamish (Wikimedia Commons)2021-01-18T03:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/17/today-in-middle-east-history-operation-desert-storm-begins-1991/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/destroyed_iraqi_t-54a_or_type_59.jpegDESERT STORMAn Iraqi tank in the wake of a US airstrike (US Army via Wikimedia Commons)2021-01-18T03:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/01/14/today-in-south-asian-history-the-third-battle-of-panipat-1761/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the_third_battle_of_panipat_13_january_1761.jpgThe_Third_battle_of_Panipat_13_January_1761A circa 1770 Faizabad style drawing of the Third battle of Panipat which took place on 13 January 1761. The centre of the image is dominated by the twin arcs of the lines of guns firing at each other with smoke and devastation in between. The names of the principal combatants are written in Persian. Ahmad Shah Durrani is shown riding a brown horse, Najib Khan and Shuja-ud-Daula are seen on the left; Ahmad Khan Bangash and Hafiz Rahmat Khan are on the right and before them a cavalry attack is being executed by Shah Wali Khan. Scenes of rape and other atrocities are depicted within the camp while outside, a wounded Sadashivrao Bhau is being helped from his horse.https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/durrani_empire_1747_1862_ad-1.pngDurrani_Empire_1747_1862_AD (1)The Durrani Empire at its maximum extent (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/map-mughul-empire-4-decline.jpgmap-mughul-empire-4-declineThe decline of the Mughals and the rise of the Marathashttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/map-central-asia-17th-18th-c.jpgmap-central-asia-17th-18th-chttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/panipat.pngpanipat2021-01-15T02:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/01/11/today-in-middle-eastern-history-muhammad-conquers-mecca-630/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/map-muhammads-time.jpgMap - Muhammad's TimeThe very earliest spread of what would come to be known as Islam2021-01-13T17:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/10/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-vaslui-1475/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/stefan_cel_mare_and_family.jpgStefan_cel_Mare_and_familyVotive painting of Stephen III of Moldavia and his family giving a model of the Voroneț Monastery to Jesus (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vaslui_15cmd.pngvaslui_15cmd15th century Moldavia (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vaslui.jpgvasluiVaslui today, courtesy Google Maps2021-01-10T23:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/09/today-in-world-war-i-history-the-gallipoli-campaign-ends-1916-and-the-battle-of-rafa-1917/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/map-ottomans-in-ww-i.jpgMap - Ottomans in WW IThe Ottoman Empire in World War I; you'll find Gallipoli in the top left corner2021-01-10T22:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/05/today-in-middle-east-history-the-eisenhower-doctrine-or-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after-1957/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eisenhower_and_nixon_at_dinner_with_king_saud.jpgEisenhower and Nixon at Dinner with King SaudEisenhower and his vice president, Richard something or other, with one of the beneficiaries of the doctrine, King Saudi of Saudi Arabia (Wikimedia Commons)2021-01-07T05:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/03/today-in-middle-east-history-the-faysal-weizmann-agreement-1919/2021-01-03T21:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/02/today-in-european-history-the-reconquista-ends-1492/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/los_reyes_catc3b3licos_reciben_la_embajada_del_rey_de_fez.jpgLos_Reyes_Católicos_reciben_la_embajada_del_Rey_de_FezThis 1790 work by Spanish painter Antonio Rodríguez shows Ferdinand and Isabella receiving ambassadors from Fez; I don't know if it depicts an event that happened before or after 1492 but it conveys the relevant impression (Wikimedia Commons)2021-01-03T21:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/12/27/today-in-central-asian-history-the-soviets-invade-afghanistan-1979/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mortar_attack_on_shigal_tarna_garrison_kunar_province_87.jpgMortar_attack_on_Shigal_Tarna_garrison,_Kunar_Province,_87A group of Mujahideen fighters in Kunar province in 1987 (Erwin Lux via Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nur_muhammad_taraki.jpgnur_muhammad_tarakiNur Muhammad Taraki (Wikimedia | By Zhwandoon - cropped from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AB_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A.jpg, Public Domain, )https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mohammed-daoud-khan.jpgmohammed-daoud-khanMohammed Daoud Khan (Wikimedia | By Henryhartley, CC BY 3.0, )2020-12-29T02:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/21/today-in-middle-east-history-the-battle-of-konya-1832/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/modernegypt2c_muhammad_ali_by_auguste_couder2c_bap_17996.jpgmodernegypt2c_muhammad_ali_by_auguste_couder2c_bap_179962020-12-23T04:05:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/22/today-in-middle-east-history-the-siege-of-rhodes-ends-1522/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2019-12-22-at-12.07.58-am.pngScreen Shot 2019-12-22 at 12.07.58 AMLocation of Rhodes, from Google Mapshttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ottomanjanissariesanddefendingknightsofstjohnsiegeofrhodes1522.jpgOttomanJanissariesAndDefendingKnightsOfStJohnSiegeOfRhodes15222020-12-23T03:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/12/18/today-in-european-history-the-first-alpujarras-rebellion-begins-1499-2/2020-12-20T20:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/12/17/today-in-south-asian-history-the-battle-of-delhi-1398/2020-12-17T20:18:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/16/today-in-south-asian-history-the-indo-pakistani-war-and-bangladesh-liberation-war-both-end-1971/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sheikh_mujibur_rahman_in_1950.jpgSheikh_Mujibur_Rahman_in_1950Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/india1970a.gifindia1970a2020-12-17T20:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/15/today-in-iranian-history-reza-pahlavi-is-crowned-shah-1925/2020-12-15T19:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/11/today-in-middle-east-history-general-allenby-comes-to-jerusalem-1917/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/djmrazxxcaat-fm.jpgDjMRAZxXcAAT-FMhttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/allenby_headline.jpgAllenby_headlinehttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/allenby_enters_jerusalem_1917.jpgAllenby_enters_Jerusalem_1917British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem in 1917 (Wikimedia Commons)2020-12-13T19:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/12/today-in-middle-east-history-the-first-crusades-lowest-point-1098/2020-12-13T19:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/10/today-in-european-history-the-russians-capture-plevna-1877/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/map-balkans-1878-1912.jpgMap - Balkans 1878-19122020-12-10T21:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/09/today-in-middle-east-history-the-first-intifada-begins-1987/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/q25kmad.jpgQ25kMADPalestinian protesters during the First Intifada2020-12-09T21:47:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/12/06/today-in-european-history-the-mongols-sack-kiev-1240/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/map-mongol-campaigns-in-russia.jpgMap - Mongol Campaigns in RussiaThe Mongol campaigns in Russia and eastern Europe2020-12-06T21:39:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/30/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-sinop-1853/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/battle_of_sinop.jpgݜ9"Battle of Sinop," by 19th century Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky (Wikimedia Commons)2020-11-30T23:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/29/today-in-middle-east-history-the-battle-of-hama-903/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/map-islamic-world-ca-1000-a.jpgMap - Islamic World, ca. 1000 aThe Qarmatians c. 1000. Since the Battle of Hama took place about a century earlier than this, you’ll need to imagine that the “Buyid” area is divided between the Abbasids and the Saffarids, and that the Egyptian and Syrian parts of the “Fatimid Caliphate” belong instead to the Tulunids2020-11-30T01:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/27/today-in-middle-easteuropean-history-the-council-of-clermont-1095/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/councilofclermont.jpgCouncilofClermontUrban II addressing the Council, an illumination from the 15th century text Passages d'outremer, which was illuminated by miniaturist Jean Colombe (Wikimedia Commons)2020-11-27T23:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/25/today-in-middle-east-history-the-battle-of-montgisard-1177/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/schlacht_von_montgisard_2.jpgSchlacht_von_Montgisard_2"The Battle of Montgisard," by 19th century French painter Charles-Philippe Larivière; note Baldwin directing the battle from his litter, which seems not to actually reflect what happened (Wikimedia Commons)2020-11-25T21:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/25/today-in-european-history-the-treaty-of-granada-1491/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/el_rey_chico_de_granada.jpgEl_rey_chico_de_GranadaA portrait of Boabdil (Wikimedia Commons)2020-11-25T20:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/11/20/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-grand-mosque-seizure-1979/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/saudi_soldiers_mecca_1979.jpgSaudi_soldiers,_Mecca,_1979Saudi soldiers fighting beneath the mosque (Wikimedia Commons)2020-11-21T02:51:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/19/today-in-middle-east-history-the-battle-of-al-qadisiyah-636/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mohammad_adil_rais-khalid27s_conquest_of_iraq.pngmohammad_adil_rais-khalid27s_conquest_of_iraqKhalid b. al-Walid's 633 campaign in Iraq (Mohammad Adil | Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/map-expansion-muhammad-rashidun.jpgMap - Expansion Muhammad & RashidunArab expansion under Muhammad and the Rashidun caliphs (through 661); look closely at Iraq and you'll see Qadisiyah2020-11-19T22:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/11/19/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-assassin-imam-surrenders-to-the-mongols-1256/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/assassins-map-lg.jpgAssassins-MAP-LGMajor Assassins fortresses in the 12th century (HistoryNet.com | Baker Vail)2020-11-19T22:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2020/11/19/we-can-push-him-left/2020-11-19T16:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/12/20/what-wheels/2020-11-16T20:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2020/11/16/fraying-nerves/2020-11-16T20:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/10/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-varna-1444/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bitwa_pod_warnc485_fragment_-_wc582adysc582aw.jpgBitwa_pod_Warną_(fragment_-_Władysław)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rigomezo_05_magyar_n.jpgrigomezo_05_magyar_nJohn Hunyadi's campaigns, including Varna (I know, it's in Hungarian, but you get the idea)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/warnenczyk.jpegWarnenczykVladislaus and his horse in their ill-fated charge at Varna, by 19th century Polish painter Jan Matejko (Wikimedia Commons)2020-11-10T20:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/11/08/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-battle-of-andrassos-960/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/map-ikhshidids-hamdanids.jpgMap - Ikhshidids & Hamdanids2020-11-09T05:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/06/today-in-west-african-history-the-green-march-begins-1975/2020-11-09T05:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/04/today-in-middle-east-history-the-iranian-hostage-crisis-begins-1979/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/d8b9daa9d8b3db8c_d8a7d8b2_d8aed985db8cd986db8c.jpgعکسی_از_خمینیAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/iran_hostage_crisis_-_iraninan_students_comes_up_u.s._embassy_in_tehran.jpgIran_hostage_crisis_-_Iraninan_students_comes_up_U.S._embassy_in_TehranIranian students storm the US embassy in Tehran, November 4, 1979 (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/koppel-iran.jpgkoppel iranMake of that what you will2020-11-04T19:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/02/today-in-history-the-balfour-declaration-1917/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-29b3f045-b82b-44dc-a62c-e4b878dcfaf4_498x700.jpeghttps---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-29b3f045-b82b-44dc-a62c-e4b878dcfaf4_498x7002020-11-02T22:33:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/01/today-in-turkish-history-the-last-ottoman-sultan-is-deposed-1922/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1920px-sultan_mehmed_vi_of_the_ottoman_empire.jpg1920px-Sultan_Mehmed_VI_of_the_Ottoman_EmpireMehmed VI (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sultan_mehmed_vi_of_the_ottoman_empire.jpgsultan_mehmed_vi_of_the_ottoman_empirehttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3ebcaff9f5ef2f2118c9c25da191950d.jpg3ebcaff9f5ef2f2118c9c25da191950d2020-11-01T22:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/30/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-rio-salado-1340/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/reconquista-map.jpgreconquista mapMap of the Reconquista. Look carefully at the southern tip and you'll see Río Salado marked.2020-10-30T20:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/30/today-in-north-african-history-the-eighth-crusade-ends-1270/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/saintlouis.jpgSaintlouisLouis IX in a 13th century illustration (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/eighth-crusade-etf.jpgeighth crusade etfHe seems to be a little off the mark here, right?2020-10-30T19:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/30/today-in-middle-east-history-antioch-surrenders-to-the-arabs-637/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/map-islamic-expansion-to-750.jpgMap - Islamic Expansion to 750Caliphal expansion through 750, including Antioch (look closely)2020-10-30T19:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/10/29/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-suez-crisis-begins-1956/2020-10-30T00:47:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/10/25/today-in-european-history-the-siege-of-lisbon-ends-1147-2/2020-10-25T18:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/21/today-in-middle-east-history-the-peoples-crusade-gets-depopulated-1096/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1920px-amiens_-_pierre_lermite_1.jpg1920px-Amiens_-_Pierre_l'Ermite_12020-10-21T18:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/20/today-in-european-history-the-second-battle-of-kosovo-1448-ends/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/budapest_heroes_square_hunyadi_jc3a1nos.jpgBudapest_Heroes_square_Hunyadi_János2020-10-20T20:06:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/18/today-in-middle-east-history-fatimid-caliph-al-hakim-destroys-the-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-1009/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/map-islamic-world-ca-1000-a.jpgMap - Islamic World, ca. 1000 aThe state of the Islamic world around 1000 CE, including the Fatimid Caliphate2020-10-18T18:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/17/today-in-north-african-history-the-battle-of-tangier-ends-1437/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ceuta-vacations-best-places-to-visit-1.jpgceuta-vacations-best-places-to-visit-1This map should help orient youhttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/henry_the_navigator1.jpgHenry_the_Navigator1That's him2020-10-18T18:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/15/today-in-european-history-the-siege-of-vienna-ends-1529/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/habsburg_map_1547.jpgHabsburg_Map_1547Map of Habsburg territories as of 1547, which should give you some geographic sense of what we're dealing with here (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/map-ottoman-expansion-1451-1566.jpgMap - Ottoman Expansion 1451-1566Ottoman expansion through the 16th century2020-10-18T18:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/10/13/today-in-european-history-the-knights-templar-order-is-purged-1307/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1280px-jacquesdemolay.jpg1280px-JacquesdeMolayTemplar Grand Master Jacques de Molay (d. 1314)2020-10-13T19:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/10/13/the-islamic-side-of-columbus-day/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/africanslavetrademaptoamerica-e1570673202726.jpgafricanslavetrademaptoamericaYes, that onehttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/colonytraderoutes.jpgcolonytraderouteshttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/world-silk-routes-full-1.jpgworld-silk-routes-fullhttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ottomanempirein16831.pngottomanempirein16831Ottoman expansion to 1683 (Wikipedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/map-trade-routes-1500.jpgMap - 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Beirut, Lebanon, 18 September 1982. Aftermath of massacre of Palestinians directed by Lebanese Forces with the complicity of senior members of the Israeli Cabinet and Defence Forces and conducted by Christian Phalangists and members of the South Lebanon Army in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps." "Moyer saw flares burst above the camps, and went there to discover piles of bodies - brutally shot. He photographed for hours surrounded by the smell of death, while soldiers joked around. 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Timur's ConquestsTimur's campaigns of conquest2020-07-20T17:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/07/19/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-guadalete-711/2020-07-19T17:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/18/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-alarcos-1195/2020-07-19T00:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/16/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-las-navas-de-tolosa-1212/2020-07-16T21:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/07/15/today-in-middle-east-history-the-first-crusade-captures-jerusalem-1099/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/map-crusades-early.jpgMap - Crusades, EarlyThe Early Crusades; you'll see Maʿarrat al-Nuʿman there on the right if you look closely enough2020-07-15T20:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/07/14/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-14-july-revolution-1958/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/qasim_in_uniform1.pngqasim_in_uniform1https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/president_abd_al-salam_arif.jpgpresident_abd_al-salam_arifAbd al-Salim Arif (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/qasim_in_uniform.pngqasim_in_uniformAbd al-Karim Qasim (Wikimedia Commons)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/faisalh.jpgfaisalhFaisal II (Wikimedia)2020-07-14T22:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/12/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-siege-of-acre-ends-1191-2/2020-07-12T19:16:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/07/06/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-battle-of-aqaba-1917/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/csm_11_akaba_741ef180ed.jpgcsm_11_akaba_741ef180ed(via)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefault2020-07-07T00:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/07/06/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-battle-of-heliopolis-640/2020-07-06T23:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july-and-hattin-day/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gustave_dorc3a9-_battle_of_hattin.jpggustave_dorc3a9-_battle_of_hattinhttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/792px-hattin-map-fr.png792px-Hattin-map-frTroop movements at Hattin, in French but I assume it's straightforward enough--Muslims in green, Crusaders in black (Wikimedia | Benherz)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hattin-map.jpghattin mapMap of the Battle of Hattin (via)2020-07-04T20:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/06/29/today-in-north-african-history-muhammad-ahmad-declares-himself-the-mahdi-1881/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/the_mahdist_state2c_1881-982c_modern_sudan.pngthe_mahdist_state2c_1881-982c_modern_sudanThis map is so old it doesn't show South Sudan, but it does give you a sense of Mahdist Sudan's maximum size relative to the old borders of Sudan (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/muhammad_ahmad_al-mahdi.jpgmuhammad_ahmad_al-mahdiDrawing of Muhammad Ahmad, "the Mahdi" (Wikimedia)2020-06-29T22:17:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/26/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-battle-of-kose-dag-1243/2020-06-26T20:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/17/today-in-european-history-the-night-attack-at-targoviste-1462/2020-06-17T20:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/06/15/today-in-european-history-the-first-battle-of-kosovo-1389/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/miloc5a1_obilic487_posle_zavere_pred_c5a1atorom_muratovim2c_pavle_c48cortanovic487_i_adam_stefanovic487.jpgmiloc5a1_obilic487_posle_zavere_pred_c5a1atorom_muratovim2c_pavle_c48cortanovic487_i_adam_stefanovic487By Pavle Čortanović and Adam Stefanović - Narodni Muzej, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37332537https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/murat_hc3bcdavendigar.jpgmurat_hc3bcdavendigarMurad I (Wikimedia) By Belli değil - http://www.muverrih.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/I_Murad.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9785656https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ottomanempirein1683.pngottomanempirein1683The Growth of the Ottoman Empire through the late 17th century (Wikimedia) By Atilim Gunes Baydin - Self drawn, mainly based on Robert Mantran (ed.), Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman, Paris: Fayard (1989), also en:List of Ottoman Empire dominated territories, Image:Ottoman 1683.png, [1], and [2]. Background map modified from Image:A large blank world map with oceans marked in blue.svg.The factual accuracy of this description or the file name is disputed.Reason: Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14817082020-06-15T20:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/06/11/today-in-middle-easternnorth-african-history-the-battle-of-fakhkh-786/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/idrisids-eng.pngidrisids-engIdrisid Dynasty at its largest extent (Wikimedia | By Omar-Toons - Own work, CC BY 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10365993)2020-06-11T18:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/10/today-in-history-june-10-odd-and-ends/2020-06-11T02:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/06/08/today-in-middle-eastern-history-operation-exporter-begins-1941/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/iraqforceinsyria1941.pngIraqforceInSyria1941The green lines show the Allied advances into Syria from Iraq (Wikimedia | By Stephen Kirrage, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14109207)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rashid_ali_al-gaylani.jpgrashid_ali_al-gaylaniRashid Ali al-Gaylani (Wikimedia) By Unknown - http://www.aliraqi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=147860329, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152377892020-06-09T20:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/06/06/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-lebanon-war-begins-1982/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1982lebanon.gif1982lebanonA basic look at the Israeli push north to Beirut (via)2020-06-06T17:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/06/05/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-15-khordad-movement-1963/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/15khordad003.jpg15khordad003This (sadly pretty grainy) photo shows Khomeini addressing the demonstrators in Qom on June 3, 1963 (Wikimedia)2020-06-05T14:50:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/05/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-six-day-war-begins-1967/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/six_day_war_territories-svg.pngSix_Day_War_Territories.svgThe outcome of the Six-Day War (Wikimedia | Ling)2020-06-05T14:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/06/02/today-in-middle-east-history-the-siege-of-antioch-ends-kind-of-1098/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/siegeofantioch.jpegsiegeofantioch2020-06-02T18:11:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/05/31/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-the-kalka-river-1223/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-mongol-empire-1190-1400.jpgMap - Mongol Empire 1190-1400The Mongol Empire and some of their most important campaigns. The solid red arrow that loops around the Caspian Sea and back east in 1223-1224 is the Jebe-Subutai excursion.2020-05-31T20:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/05/29/the-fall-of-constantinople-561-years-ago-today/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/472px-zonaro_gatesofconst.jpg472px-zonaro_gatesofconst2020-05-29T17:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/05/29/today-in-islamic-history-the-ottoman-coup-of-1807-oh-and-constantinople-fell-in-1453/2020-05-29T17:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/05/22/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-sack-of-damietta-853/2020-05-22T19:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/05/21/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-siege-of-acre-ends-1799/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/la_bataille_du_mont_tabor_en_syrie_le_27_germinal_an_vi_by_louis_franc3a7ois_lejeune_salon_de_1804.jpgLa_Bataille_du_mont_Tabor,_en_Syrie,_le_27_germinal_an_VI_by_Louis_François_Lejeune_Salon_de_1804The Battle of Mount Tabor, painted in 1808 by French artist Louis-François Lejeune (Wikimedia Commons)2020-05-21T21:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/05/21/today-in-european-history-the-siege-of-syracuse-ends-878/2020-05-21T18:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/05/15/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-arab-israeli-war-begins-1948/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/04map_pg64.gif04map_pg64http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/1948_War.html2020-05-21T18:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/05/16/today-in-middle-eastern-history-sykes-picot-is-signed-1916/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-sykes-picot-2.jpgMap - Sykes-Picot 22020-05-21T18:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/05/18/may-18-a-bad-date-for-the-crusades/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-crusader-fortresses.jpgMap - Crusader fortresses2020-05-21T18:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/05/19/today-in-middle-easterneuropean-history-the-turkish-war-of-independence-begins-1919/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map-turkey-1926.jpgMap - Turkey 1926The final disposition of former Ottoman lands, post-Lausanne (c. 1926)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/treatyofsevres_28corrected29.pngtreatyofsevres_28corrected29The Treaty of Sevres (1920), via Wikimedia2020-05-21T18:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/05/14/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-djerba-ends-1560-2/2020-05-14T21:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/05/13/today-in-north-african-history-the-battle-of-derna-ends-1805-2/2020-05-13T17:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/05/01/today-in-cold-war-history-the-taksim-square-massacre-1977/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/taksim_square_2012.jpgtaksim_square_2012Taksim Square on a quiet day in 2012 (Wikimedia | FaceMePLS)2020-05-13T17:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/04/29/the-surrender-of-kut-100-years-later/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ctesiphon1915.jpgctesiphon1915A map of Britain's 1915 Iraq offensive, including Ctesiphon and Kut (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mesopotamian_campaign_general_townshend.pngmesopotamian_campaign_general_townshendSpeaking of which (Wikimedia)2020-05-13T17:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/04/25/today-in-caucasian-history-the-battle-of-bagrevand-775/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/persian_armenia.gifpersian_armeniaBy Armenica.org - Armenica.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35338432020-05-13T17:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/11/28/good-history-reading-the-battle-of-ctesiphon-1915/2020-04-29T18:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/04/28/today-in-middle-eastern-history-conrad-i-of-jerusalem-is-literally-assassinated-1192/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/conrad-picot.jpgconrad-picotBy François-Édouard Picot - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14752077, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16215232020-04-28T15:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/04/21/today-in-south-asian-history-the-first-battle-of-panipat-1526/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/map-india-mughal-expansion-1526-1605.jpgMap - India - Mughal Expansion 1526-1605Early Mughal expansion (you'll see Panipat there in the upper middle area)2020-04-21T16:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/04/21/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-wahhabi-sack-of-karbala-probably-1802/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/imam_husayn_shrine_by_tasnimnews_01.jpgimam_husayn_shrine_by_tasnimnews_01The Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala (Wikimedia)2020-04-21T16:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/04/18/today-in-european-history-the-greco-turkish-war-is-declared-1897/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/map-balkans-1878-1912.jpgMap - Balkans 1878-1912The state of the Balkans, 1878-1912; you can see Plevna (Pleven) in central Bulgaria 2020-04-19T17:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/04/15/today-in-caucasian-history-the-battle-of-the-terek-river-1395-2/2020-04-15T20:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/04/13/today-in-middle-eastern-history-lebanons-bus-massacre-1975/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12iht-m12-lebanon-memory-popup.jpg12iht-m12-lebanon-memory-popupvia The New York Times2020-04-13T15:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/04/12/today-in-european-history-the-fourth-crusade-sacks-constantinople-1204/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/latinempire2.pnglatinempire2By LatinEmpire - own work; based on [1] by Varana, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1470982https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/map-of-the-fourth-crusade.jpgmap-of-the-fourth-crusadeNotice how that solid red line doesn't get anywhere near any place that could be considered part of the Islamic World? (via)2020-04-12T17:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/04/11/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-mohi-1241/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/map-mongol-invasions-of-europe.jpgMap - Mongol Invasions of Europe2020-04-12T17:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/04/08/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-battle-of-dayr-al-aqul-876/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/map-saffarids-tulunids.jpgMap - Saffarids & Tulunids2020-04-09T18:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/04/09/today-in-european-history-the-battle-of-legnica-1241/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/map-mongol-empire-1260.jpgMap - Mongol Empire 1260https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/876421879_orig.jpg876421879_origThis visual representation of a feigned retreat comes from here, where you can see representations of a couple of other favorite Mongol tactics as well2020-04-09T16:44:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/29/today-in-european-history-the-siege-of-thessaloniki-ends-1430/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/map-ottomans-to-1512-2.jpgMap - Ottomans to 1512 2https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ii-_murat.jpgii-_muratMurad II (Wikimedia) 2020-03-29T17:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/06/20/today-in-irish-history-the-sack-of-baltimore-1631/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/baltimore-ireland.jpgbaltimore irelandBaltimore, Ireland. Also, pay attention to the waters in the Bay of Bristol, south of where it says "WALES" on this map. It'll be important in a minute.2020-03-22T01:52:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/03/13/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-battle-of-badr-624/2020-03-13T17:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/03/08/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-8-march-revolution-1963-2/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6637b21b-5b0f-4fdf-ab9b-5b5fb32254f2_655x481.jpeghttps---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6637b21b-5b0f-4fdf-ab9b-5b5fb32254f2_655x4812020-03-08T18:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/03/08/today-in-iranian-history-the-shahnameh-is-completed-1010/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ship-of-faith-houghton-shahmana-metropolitan-museum.jpgship-of-faith-houghton-shahmana-metropolitan-museumA page from the Houghton Shahnameh, the most celebrated of the text's surviving manuscripts, which can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/the_assassination_of_chosroc3abs_parvez.jpgthe_assassination_of_chosroc3abs_parvezA scene from a Mughal manuscript of the Shahnameh (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tus_shahnameh.jpgtus_shahnamehFerdowsi's tomb in his hometown of Tus, Iran, is carved with images from the Shahnameh (Wikimedia)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/georgian_manuscript_28shahname29.jpggeorgian_manuscript_28shahname29Georgian translation of the Shahnameh (Wikimedia)2020-03-08T18:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/02/28/black-history-month-islam-and-the-american-slave-experience/2020-02-29T04:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/01/06/almost-a-century-later-badly-drawn-borders-are-still-a-problem/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1000px-ottoman_empire_in_1900.png1000px-Ottoman_Empire_in_1900https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kurdistan.jpgcharte-illustrator-FINALEAlternative visions of Kurdistan (via)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/india-partition.pngindia partitionPartition of India, including migrations after the partition.https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/durand_line_border_between_afghanistan_and_pakistan.jpgDurand_Line_Border_Between_Afghanistan_And_PakistanThe Durand Line, as well as the current-day border, with the shaded blue area showing the Pashtun and Baluch areas that were divided by the line.https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kashmir_region_2004.jpgKashmir_region_20042020-02-26T20:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/11/14/getting-sykes-picot-sort-of-right-but-also-kind-of-wrong/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ottoman-administrative-divisions.jpgottoman administrative divisionsAdministrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire c. 1900 (via)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/zengid_dynasty_1127_-_1183.pngZengid_dynasty,_1127_-_1183https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/map-middle-east-6th-century.jpgMap - Middle East 6th Century2020-02-26T20:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/01/08/abdullah-azzam-the-unmentioned-founding-father-of-al-qaeda-and-hamas/2020-02-26T20:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/01/13/what-is-a-man-of-peace-anyway/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/picasso-peace.gifpicasso peace"Peace," by Pablo Picasso2020-02-26T20:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2013/02/11/abdicated-and-it-feels-so-good-ottoman-edition/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hist13h.jpgmehmet-iiThat crazy kid turned out alright, unless you were living in Constantinople.https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/murad-ii.jpgmurad-iiMurad II2020-02-26T20:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2013/11/01/the-story-of-timur-and-the-ant/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/timur-tashkent.jpgtimur tashkentStatue of Timur on horseback in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. The face is based on the facial reconstruction done by the team that excavated his body in 1941, but an injury to his leg in his youth left Timur unable to ride a horse, so that part is phony.2020-02-26T20:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2014/02/17/us-presidents-and-the-middle-east-teddy-roosevelt-and-the-perdicaris-affair-1904/2020-02-26T20:51:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/19/today-in-mexican-history-the-shortest-presidency-ever-1913/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pedro_lascurain.jpgpedro_lascurainHi, Pedro!2020-02-26T20:50:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/01/who-was-paying-alberto-nisman/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/15-nisman.jpg15-nismanAlberto Nisman2020-02-14T22:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/02/13/today-in-middle-eastern-history-the-amiriyah-shelter-bombing-1991/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/amiriyah-shelter.jpgamiriyah-shelterThe roof of the Amiriyah shelter, post-bombing (via)2020-02-12T17:08:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/01/28/the-political-economy-of-kyrgyzstan/2020-02-06T19:47:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/12/17/the-political-economy-of-kazakhstan/2020-02-06T00:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/01/20/today-in-middle-east-history-the-iran-hostage-crisis-ends-1981/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iran_hostages_return.jpgDN-SN-82-07899Recently freed Americans held hostage by Iran disembark Freedom One, an Air Force VC-137 Stratoliner aircraft, upon their arrival at the base.2020-01-21T04:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2015/01/16/this-date-in-middle-east-history-january-16/2020-01-17T14:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2016/05/29/today-in-world-war-i-the-preservation-of-armenia-1918/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transkaukazus_1918.jpgtranskaukazus_1918Events in the southern Caucasus in 1918; Sardarabad and Karakilisa are 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(Wikimedia | Korea.net)2019-09-29T04:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/05/04/conflict-update-may-4-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/25-jun-2015_queen_elizabeth_ii-_and_prince_philip27s_visit_to_frankfurt_281912637768629.jpg25-jun-2015_queen_elizabeth_ii-_and_prince_philip27s_visit_to_frankfurt_2819126377686292019-09-29T04:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/05/03/conflict-update-may-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trump-abbas.pngtrump 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HA HA HA H...please laugh so I don't have to have you executed."2019-09-29T02:26:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/13/asiaafrica-update-june-13-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/crown_prince_naruhito_cropped_3_crown_prince_naruhito_and_prince_william_20150227.jpgcrown_prince_naruhito_cropped_3_crown_prince_naruhito_and_prince_william_20150227Hello, Crown Prince Naruhito!2019-09-29T02:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/14/europeamericas-update-june-13-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_4634.jpgimg_46342019-09-29T02:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/15/middle-east-update-june-14-15-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/syrian_civil_war_map.pngSyrian_Civil_War_mapSyria as of June 14--red is government, gray ISIS, yellow SDF/Kurds, white Tahrir al-Sham/Nusra, and green is everybody else (Wikimedia | 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(YouTube)2019-09-29T02:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/20/asiaafrica-update-june-19-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hqdefault.jpghqdefault2019-09-29T02:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/20/middle-east-update-june-19-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mbs-mbz.jpgmbs mbzMohammed b. Salman (L) and Mohammed b. Zayed (R)2019-09-29T02:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/19/europeamericas-update-june-17-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/finsbury_park_mosque.jpgfinsbury_park_mosqueFinsbury Park Mosque (Wikimedia | Salimfadhley)2019-09-29T02:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/18/asiaafrica-update-june-17-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-18-at-4-07-36-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-18 at 4.07.36 PMMali, with Bamako highlighted, via Google Maps 2019-09-29T02:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/18/middle-east-update-june-17-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obama_meets_king_abdullah_july_2014.jpgobama_meets_king_abdullah_july_2014Barack Obama and King Abdullah in 2014 (Wikimedia Commons)2019-09-29T02:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/16/europeamericas-update-june-16-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/grenfell_tower_fire_28wider_view29.jpggrenfell_tower_fire_28wider_view29The Grenfell Tower fire (Wikimedia | Natalie Oxford)2019-09-29T02:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/16/asiaafrica-update-june-16-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tom_thabane.jpgtom_thabaneTom Thabane (Wikimedia)2019-09-29T02:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/16/middle-east-update-june-16-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dcykjvuxoaalkeb-jpg-large.jpegDCYKjvUXoAALkeb.jpg-large2019-09-29T02:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/16/europeamericas-update-june-14-15-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/vladimir_putin_and_megyn_kelly_01.jpgvladimir_putin_and_megyn_kelly_012019-09-29T02:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/15/asiaafricaaustralia-update-june-14-15-2017/2019-09-29T02:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/21/europe-americas-update-august-21-2018/2019-09-29T01:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/11/06/europe-americas-update-november-5-6-2018/2019-09-29T00:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/22/world-update-august-22-2018/2019-09-29T00:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/11/15/world-update-november-15-2018/2019-09-29T00:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/29/europe-americas-update-august-29-2018/2019-09-29T00:20:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/10/16/world-update-october-16-2018/2019-09-29T00:20:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/09/17/asia-africa-update-september-17-2018/2019-09-29T00:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/11/01/world-update-november-1-2018/2019-09-29T00:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/24/world-update-august-24-2018/2019-09-29T00:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/10/middle-east-update-august-10-2018/2019-09-28T23:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/09/middle-east-update-august-9-2018/2019-09-28T23:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/08/middle-east-update-august-8-2018/2019-09-28T23:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/07/middle-east-update-august-7-2018/2019-09-28T23:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/06/middle-east-update-august-6-2018/2019-09-28T23:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/27/short-world-update-june-27-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/virus_blaster.jpgvirus_blaster2019-09-28T23:46:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/27/middle-east-update-june-27-2017/2019-09-28T23:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/26/europeamericas-update-june-26-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-26-at-8-19-25-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-26 at 8.19.25 PMIt's him! It's really him (?)!2019-09-28T23:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/26/asiaafrica-update-june-26-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dunford_cjcs.jpgdunford_cjcs2019-09-28T23:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/26/middle-east-update-june-26-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/blausen_0476_heliumatom.pngblausen_0476_heliumatom2019-09-28T23:46:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/26/europeamericas-update-june-24-25-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sergey_ivanovich_kislyak_2016.jpgFormer Astronaut William Shepherd Awarded Russian Medal for Merit in Space ExplorationSergey Kislyak (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T23:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/25/asiaafrica-update-june-24-25-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pm_modi_2015.jpgpm_modi_20152019-09-28T23:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/25/middle-east-update-june-24-25-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ddgydlqxkaqsxke.jpgDDGYDlqXkAQsxKE2019-09-28T23:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/23/europeamericas-update-june-23-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefault2019-09-28T23:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/23/asiaafrica-update-june-23-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/maute.jpgmauteAbdullah Maute (L) and Omar Maute (R), founders of the Maute Group, both believed killed in the Marawi fighting though this is unconfirmed2019-09-28T23:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/23/middle-east-update-june-23-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/donald_trump_and_king_salman_bin_abdulaziz_al_saud_talk_together2c_may_2017.jpgdonald_trump_and_king_salman_bin_abdulaziz_al_saud_talk_together2c_may_20172019-09-28T23:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/22/europeamericas-update-june-22-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-22-at-9-56-23-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-22 at 9.56.23 PMThe location of Diego Garcia, and therefore the Chagos archipelago, via Google Maps 2019-09-28T23:45:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/22/asiaafrica-update-june-22-2017/2019-09-28T23:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/06/22/middle-east-update-june-22-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dc2uonwxuaifk_n.jpgDC2uonwXUAIfK_n2019-09-28T23:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/07/05/asiaafrica-update-july-4-5-2017/2019-09-28T23:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/07/05/middle-east-update-july-4-5-2017/2019-09-28T23:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/07/03/europeamericas-update-july-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-07-03-at-11-15-51-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-07-03 at 11.15.51 PM2019-09-28T23:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/07/03/asiaaustraliaafrica-update-july-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chickensneckindia.jpgchickensneckindiaThe Siliguri Corridor, AKA "the Chicken's Neck," marked in red (Wikimedia | 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New Zealander, Barnaby Joyce (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T22:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/15/middle-east-update-august-14-15-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mohsen_hojjati-570.jpgmohsen_hojjati-570Mohsen Hojjaji at the moment of his capture2019-09-28T22:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/14/world-update-august-12-13-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/vp_pence_with_ashraf_ghani_president_of_afghanistan_prior_to_their_bilateral_meeting-_283258779129029.jpgvp_pence_with_ashraf_ghani_president_of_afghanistan_prior_to_their_bilateral_meeting-_2832587791290292019-09-28T22:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/13/middle-east-update-august-12-13-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1241px-iraqi_kurdistan_in_iraq_de-facto_and_disputed_hatched-svg.png1241px-Iraqi_Kurdistan_in_Iraq_(de-facto_and_disputed_hatched).svgIraqi Kurdistan--dark red indicates 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(R)2019-09-28T22:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/09/middle-east-update-august-9-2017/2019-09-28T22:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/09/europeamericas-update-august-8-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/maxresdefault-2.jpgmaxresdefault-2https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefault2019-09-28T22:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/08/asiaafrica-update-august-8-2017/2019-09-28T22:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/08/middle-east-update-august-8-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/yemen-governorates.pngyemen-governoratesYemen's provinces2019-09-28T22:14:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/08/europeamericas-update-august-5-7-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bastille_day_parade_170714-d-pb383-020_283575732309229.jpgbastille_day_parade_170714-d-pb383-020_2835757323092292019-09-28T22:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/03/europeamericas-update-september-2-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/vladimir_putin_at_award_ceremonies_282017-05-2429_02.jpgvladimir_putin_at_award_ceremonies_282017-05-2429_022019-09-28T22:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/03/asiaafrica-update-september-2-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/8867614-3x2-700x467.jpg8867614-3x2-700x467For examplehttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-03-at-3-20-03-pm1.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-03 at 3.20.03 PMhttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-03-at-3-20-03-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-03 at 3.20.03 PMFor example2019-09-28T22:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/03/middle-east-update-september-2-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/983px-syrian_civil_war_map.png983px-Syrian_Civil_War_mapThis map is a little old, but you can see the that gray ISIS enclave in the middle of the red government-held territory clearly2019-09-28T22:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/04/03/conflict-update-april-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/jared_kushner_cropped.jpgjared_kushner_croppedHey everybody, it's Lawrence of Duh-rabia (Wikimedia | Lori Berkowitz)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/original.giforiginal2019-09-28T22:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/04/02/conflict-update-april-1-2-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rtsoiet.jpgrtsoiet2019-09-28T22:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/31/middle-east-conflict-update-march-30-31-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/battle_of_mosul_2016e28093201741.pngbattle_of_mosul_2016e2809320174https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/battle_of_mosul_2016e2809320174.pngBattle_of_Mosul_(2016–2017)Mosul through March 30 (Wikimedia | Kami888)2019-09-28T22:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/31/conflict-update-march-30-31-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/f-35a_flight_28cropped29.jpgAerial refueling of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters at Eglin AFB, Fla.2019-09-28T22:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/14/middle-east-update-september-14-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kurdistan_2012.pngKurdistan_2012Iraqi Kurdistan (and Kirkuk) circa 2012 (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T22:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/13/world-update-september-13-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rand_paul_official_portrait_112th_congress_alternate.jpgRand_Paul,_official_portrait,_112th_Congress_alternate2019-09-28T22:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/13/europeamericas-update-september-12-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/michel_temer_em_27_de_outubro_de_2016.pngmichel_temer_em_27_de_outubro_de_2016https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-12-at-9-05-45-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-12 at 9.05.45 PMYep, that's the stuff2019-09-28T22:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/12/asiaafrica-update-september-12-2017/2019-09-28T22:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/12/middle-east-update-september-12-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/deir_ez-zor_clashes_2017-svg.pngDeir_ez-Zor_clashes_(2017).svgDeir Ezzor as of September 9; red means government, tan? or whatever the hell color that is means ISIS (Wikimedia | MrPenguin20)2019-09-28T22:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/11/world-update-september-11-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/saakashvili76589.jpgSaakashvili765892019-09-28T22:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/11/europeamericas-update-september-9-10-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-10-at-10-19-30-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-10 at 10.19.30 PMPoroshenko (L) and Saakashvili in 20152019-09-28T22:11:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/10/asiaafrica-update-september-9-10-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cyril_ramaphosa_in_tehran.jpgcyril_ramaphosa_in_tehranCyril Ramaphosa (Wikimedia | Erfan Kouchari)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/djj2yv-w0aazbem.jpgDJJ2yV-W0AAZBeM2019-09-28T22:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/10/middle-east-update-september-9-10-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-10-at-4-35-11-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-10 at 4.35.11 PM2019-09-28T22:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/09/europeamericas-update-september-7-8-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/viktor_orbc3a1n_2016-02-17.jpgviktor_orbc3a1n_2016-02-17There's our guy!2019-09-28T22:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/08/asiaafrica-update-september-7-8-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/faure_gnassingbc3a9_2014.pngfaure_gnassingbc3a9_2014That's the guy (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T22:11:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/08/middle-east-update-september-7-8-2017/2019-09-28T22:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/06/world-update-september-6-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1280px-flag_of_taliban-svg.png1280px-flag_of_taliban-svg2019-09-28T22:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/06/middle-east-update-september-6-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/abdel_fattah_el-sisi2c_king_salman_of_saudi_arabia2c_melania_trump2c_and_donald_trump2c_may_2017.jpgabdel_fattah_el-sisi2c_king_salman_of_saudi_arabia2c_melania_trump2c_and_donald_trump2c_may_2017Yes, of course it's hat did you think I meant?https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/983px-syrian_civil_war_map1.png983px-Syrian_Civil_War_mapNewly updated to show the Syrian army's (red) advance to Deir Ezzor (Wikimedia | Ermanarich)2019-09-28T22:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/05/europeamericas-update-september-4-5-2017/2019-09-28T22:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/05/asiaafrica-update-september-4-5-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kutupalong_refugee_camp_28john_owens-voa29.jpgkutupalong_refugee_camp_28john_owens-voa29Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, photo taken in March (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T22:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/05/middle-east-update-september-4-5-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/makkah_28mecca29_28329.jpgmakkah_28mecca29_283292019-09-28T22:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/20/asia-oceania-africa-update-august-20-2018/2019-09-28T22:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/10/09/asia-africa-update-october-9-2018/2019-09-28T22:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/10/04/middle-east-update-october-4-2018/2019-09-28T22:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/09/27/world-update-september-27-2018/2019-09-28T22:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/09/23/world-update-september-22-23-2018/2019-09-28T22:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/28/asia-africa-update-august-28-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/29/asia-africa-update-august-29-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/23/asia-oceania-africa-update-august-23-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/08/10/world-update-august-10-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/31/world-update-july-31-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/25/world-update-july-25-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/24/world-update-july-24-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/24/middle-east-update-july-24-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/23/middle-east-update-july-23-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/22/europe-americas-update-july-21-22-2018/2019-09-28T22:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/22/asia-africa-update-july-21-22-2018/2019-09-28T22:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/22/middle-east-update-july-21-22-2018/2019-09-28T22:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/20/europe-americas-update-july-20-2018/2019-09-28T22:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/20/asia-africa-update-july-20-2018/2019-09-28T22:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/20/middle-east-update-july-20-2018/2019-09-28T22:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/20/europe-americas-update-july-18-19-2018/2019-09-28T22:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2019/01/11/world-update-january-10-2019/2019-09-28T22:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/19/asia-oceania-africa-update-july-18-19-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/17/europe-americas-update-july-17-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/17/asia-africa-update-july-17-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/17/middle-east-update-july-17-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/16/middle-east-update-july-16-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/16/europe-americas-update-july-14-15-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/15/middle-east-update-july-14-15-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/13/__trashed-12/2019-09-28T22:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/08/asia-africa-update-july-7-8-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/07/06/asia-africa-update-july-6-2018/2019-09-28T22:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/01/world-update-september-1-2017/2019-09-28T22:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/01/middle-east-update-september-1-2017/2019-09-28T22:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/31/europeamericas-update-august-31-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hqdefault.jpghqdefaultyep, that one, also available in red #MAGA2019-09-28T22:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/31/asiaafrica-update-august-31-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0452.jpgimg_0452This was right down the hill from my high school (via)2019-09-28T22:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/31/middle-east-update-august-31-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/vector-eid-mubarak-background-graphics-11.jpgVector-Eid-mubarak-background-graphics-112019-09-28T22:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/30/europeamericas-update-august-30-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/930612.jpg9306122019-09-28T22:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/30/asiaafrica-update-august-30-2017/2019-09-28T22:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/30/middle-east-update-august-30-2017/2019-09-28T22:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/29/world-update-august-29-2017/2019-09-28T22:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/29/europeamericas-update-august-28-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/french-presidents.jpgfrench presidentsHey, I said they spent lavishly on looking good, I didn't say it worked2019-09-28T22:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/28/august-28-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/9153ri-yingluck_shinawatra.jpg9153ri-Yingluck_Shinawatra2019-09-28T22:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/28/middle-east-update-august-28-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dipz_jlxkae_aua.jpgDIPz_JlXkAE_aUA2019-09-28T22:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/23/europeamericas-update-august-21-22-2017/2019-09-28T22:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/23/asiaafrica-update-august-21-22-2017/2019-09-28T22:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/22/middle-east-update-august-21-22-2017/2019-09-28T22:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/21/world-update-august-19-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sooronbay_jeenbekov_at_the_eurasian_intergovernmental_council_meeting2c_7_march_2017.jpgsooronbay_jeenbekov_at_the_eurasian_intergovernmental_council_meeting2c_7_march_20172019-09-28T22:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/20/middle-east-update-august-19-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bashar_al-assad_in_russia_282015-10-2129_08.jpgbashar_al-assad_in_russia_282015-10-2129_082019-09-28T22:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/18/middle-east-update-august-17-18-2017/2019-09-28T21:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/08/18/world-update-august-17-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/e212b59e05712af2dc9bd2abfc4fc5ec.jpge212b59e05712af2dc9bd2abfc4fc5ecahemhttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/trump_speaking_with_putin_oval_office.jpgTrump_speaking_with_Putin_oval_office2019-09-28T21:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/10/world-update-october-9-2017/2019-09-28T21:59:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/09/middle-east-update-october-9-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/image.gifimageCool story, bro2019-09-28T21:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/08/world-update-october-7-8-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20160706002639001_hd.jpg20160706002639001_hd2019-09-28T21:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/08/middle-east-update-october-7-8-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1241px-iraqi_governorates-svg.png1241px-Iraqi_Governorates.svgIraq's governates (Wikimedia | Rafy)2019-09-28T21:59:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/07/europeamericas-update-october-6-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/john_kelly_official_dhs_portrait.jpgJohn_Kelly_official_DHS_portrait2019-09-28T21:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/06/asiaafrica-update-october-6-2017/2019-09-28T21:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/06/middle-east-update-october-6-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefault2019-09-28T21:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/06/europeamericas-update-october-4-5-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/upw5iuw.gifupw5IUw2019-09-28T21:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/05/asiaafrica-update-october-4-5-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/james_woolsey_2015.jpgJames_Woolsey_20152019-09-28T21:58:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/05/middle-east-update-october-4-5-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dlzka5yw4airohc.jpgDLZKA5yW4AIROhChttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dlup-yxwaaaiiqo.jpgDLUp-yxWAAAIiqo2019-09-28T21:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/04/europeamericas-update-october-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/unknown.jpegUnknown2019-09-28T21:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/03/asiaafrica-update-october-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/prezident.jpgPrezidentMirziyoyev (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T21:58:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/03/middle-east-update-october-3-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/jalal_talabani_meet_with_ali_khamenei_-_november_22_2005_007.jpgJalal_Talabani_meet_with_Ali_Khamenei_-_November_22,_2005_(007)Talabani back in 2005 (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T21:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/03/world-update-october-2-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/x-51a_waverider_on_b-52_2009.jpgX-51A_Waverider_on_B-52_2009The Boeing X-51, one of two hypersonic weapons the Pentagon is developing (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T21:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/02/middle-east-update-october-2-2017/2019-09-28T21:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/01/world-update-september-30-october-1-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-01-at-10-11-38-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-01 at 10.11.38 PM2019-09-28T21:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/29/quick-world-update-september-29-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/governor_koike.jpgGovernor_KoikeKoike, who could be Japan's first female prime minister depending on how things go next month (Wikimedia | Tomin First no Kai)2019-09-28T21:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/29/europeamericas-update-september-27-28-2017/2019-09-28T21:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/28/asiaafrica-update-september-27-28-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hqdefault.jpgbelhadj youtubeBelhadj, cleaned up for TV2019-09-28T21:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/28/middle-east-update-september-27-28-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/masoud_barzani_february_2015.jpgmasoud_barzani_february_2015https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-2-23-34-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-28 at 2.23.34 PMThanks to Google Maps, here's the location of al-Shola, right along the main M20 highway between Damascus and Deir Ezzor2019-09-28T21:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/27/world-update-september-26-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/uganda-mos_647_092717083555.jpguganda-mos_647_0927170835552019-09-28T18:20:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/26/middle-east-update-september-26-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-26-at-10-12-08-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-26 at 10.12.08 PM2019-09-28T18:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/25/europeamericas-update-september-23-25-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/what-committee-investigate-russia.jpgWhat-Committee-Investigate-Russia!!!!!2019-09-28T18:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/25/asiaoceaniaafrica-update-september-23-25-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-25-at-6-54-49-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-25 at 6.54.49 PM2019-09-28T18:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/25/middle-east-update-september-23-25-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20839440_577180739339249_1429853185_n.jpg20839440_577180739339249_1429853185_n2019-09-28T18:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/22/world-update-september-22-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/maxresdefault1.jpgmaxresdefault2019-09-28T18:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/22/middle-east-update-september-22-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1024px-president_trump_and_president_erdoc49fan_joint_statement_in_the_roosevelt_room_may_16_2017.jpg1024px-President_Trump_and_President_Erdoğan_joint_statement_in_the_Roosevelt_Room,_May_16,_20172019-09-28T18:19:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/21/world-update-september-21-2017/2019-09-28T18:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/21/europeamericas-update-september-19-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-20-at-10-25-10-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-20 at 10.25.10 PM2019-09-28T18:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/20/asiaafrica-update-september-19-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dkgu090v4aa9-f1.jpgDKGu090V4AA9-F12019-09-28T18:19:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/20/middle-east-update-september-19-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/anmb24037924e8f3c43.gifanmb24037924e8f3c43https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1920px-iraq_war_map.png1920px-Iraq_war_mapThis map is old (September 3) but not much has changed in the past couple of weeks (Wikimedia | Absalao777)2019-09-28T18:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/18/europeamericas-update-september-18-2017/2019-09-28T18:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/18/asiaafrica-update-september-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yoweri_museveni_september_2015.jpgYoweri_Museveni_September_2015Very democratic guy2019-09-28T18:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/18/middle-east-update-september-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sl730393.jpgSL730393Well, this photo of Otaiba is actually the real gem, but the email with Abrams is good too2019-09-28T18:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/18/europeamericas-update-september-16-17-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefault2019-09-28T18:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/17/asiaafrica-update-september-16-17-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ethiopia_zone_region.jpgEthiopia_zone_regionEthiopia's administrative divisions (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T18:19:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/17/middle-east-update-september-16-17-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/vladimir_putin_and_salman_of_saudi_arabia_2015-11-16_1.jpgVladimir_Putin_and_Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia_(2015-11-16)_12019-09-28T18:19:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/15/world-update-september-15-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-15-at-7-17-41-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-15 at 7.17.41 PM2019-09-28T18:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/15/middle-east-update-september-15-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-15-at-4-29-44-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-15 at 4.29.44 PM2019-09-28T18:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/09/14/world-update-september-14-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/difdcexxyaazfjp.jpgDIfdCeXXYAAzfjphttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kurdistan_20121.pngKurdistan_20122019-09-28T18:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/23/world-update-october-21-22-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maxresdefault1.jpgmacron and dog2019-09-28T18:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/22/middle-east-update-october-21-22-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-22-at-10-00-41-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-22 at 10.00.41 PM2019-09-28T18:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/21/europeamericas-update-october-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/masskruege.jpgMasskruegehttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/algae_harvester.jpgAlgae_Harvester2019-09-28T18:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/20/asiaafrica-update-october-20-2017/2019-09-28T18:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/20/middle-east-update-october-20-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/500px-cow_female_black_white.jpg500px-Cow_female_black_white2019-09-28T18:18:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/19/world-update-october-19-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/jacinda_ardern_profile.jpgJacinda_Ardern_(profile)That's her (Wikimedia | Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick)2019-09-28T18:18:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/19/middle-east-update-october-19-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/destroyed_neighborhood_in_raqqa.pngDestroyed_neighborhood_in_RaqqaThe destruction in Raqqa (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T18:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/19/europeamericas-update-october-17-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1200px-mq-1_predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg1200px-MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft2019-09-28T18:18:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/18/asiaafrica-update-october-17-18-2017/2019-09-28T18:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/18/middle-east-update-october-17-18-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/4y6vtqtg3ret1aogbkeuexymsbi.gif4Y6vtqTg3reT1aoGbKEuExymsbI=2019-09-28T18:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/16/world-update-october-16-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-16-at-11-09-41-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-16 at 11.09.41 PM2019-09-28T18:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/15/world-update-october-14-15-2017/2019-09-28T18:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/15/middle-east-update-october-14-15-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-15-at-7-46-31-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-15 at 7.46.31 PMKirkuk province, featuring the K1 airfield, courtesy of Google2019-09-28T18:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/13/europeamericas-update-october-12-13-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nicolc3a1s_maduro_in_meeting_with_iranian_president_hassan_rouhani_in_saadabad_palace.jpgnicolc3a1s_maduro_in_meeting_with_iranian_president_hassan_rouhani_in_saadabad_palace2019-09-28T18:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/13/asiaafrica-update-october-12-13-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aung_san_suu_kyi_2016.jpgAung_San_Suu_Kyi_20162019-09-28T18:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/13/middle-east-update-october-12-13-2017/2019-09-28T18:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/12/europeamericas-update-october-11-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sebastian_kurz_-_osze_2017_35813680586_cropped.jpgOSCE Konferenz Mauerbach. 11.07.2017, Foto: Dragan TaticSebastian Kurz (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T18:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/11/asiaafrica-update-october-11-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/donald_rumsfeld_with_isaias_afwerki.jpgDonald_Rumsfeld_with_Isaias_AfwerkiSpeaking of unstable people, here's Afwerki with Donald Rumsfeld back in 2002 (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T18:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/11/middle-east-update-october-11-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dl153c3xkaa0l0g.jpgDL153c3XkAA0L0g2019-09-28T18:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/10/10/world-update-october-10-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1200px-raila_odinga_2009.jpg1200px-Raila_Odinga_20092019-09-28T18:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/22/europe-americas-june-21-2018/2019-09-28T18:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/18/europe-americas-update-june-16-18-2018/2019-09-28T18:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/15/world-update-june-15-2018/2019-09-28T18:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/14/asia-africa-update-june-14-2018/2019-09-28T18:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/12/world-update-june-12-2018/2019-09-28T18:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/11/world-update-june-11-2018/2019-09-28T18:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/10/europe-americas-update-june-9-10-2018/2019-09-28T18:15:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/10/asia-africa-update-june-9-10-2018/2019-09-28T18:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/08/world-update-june-8-2018/2019-09-28T18:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2018/06/06/europe-americas-update-june-5-2018/2019-09-28T18:15:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/29/conflict-update-march-29-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nikki_haley_official_transition_portrait.jpgnikki_haley_official_transition_portraitUS Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T18:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/28/conflict-update-march-28-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maxresdefault1.jpgmaxresdefault12019-09-28T18:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/27/conflict-update-march-27-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/d0bdd0b0d0b2d0b0d0bbd18cd0bdd18bd0b9_2-1.jpgd0bdd0b0d0b2d0b0d0bbd18cd0bdd18bd0b9_2-1https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/d0bdd0b0d0b2d0b0d0bbd18cd0bdd18bd0b9_2.jpgd0bdd0b0d0b2d0b0d0bbd18cd0bdd18bd0b9_2https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/d090d0bbd0b5d0bad181d0b5d0b9_d09dd0b0d0b2d0b0d0bbd18cd0bdd18bd0b9_2.jpgd090d0bbd0b5d0bad181d0b5d0b9_d09dd0b0d0b2d0b0d0bbd18cd0bdd18bd0b9_2Alexei Navalny (Wikimedia)2019-09-28T18:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/26/conflict-update-march-25-26-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/alexander_lukashenko_crop.jpegAlexander Lukashenko is the President of Belarus.Alexander Lukashenko (Wikimedia | Serge Serebro)https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefault2019-09-28T18:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/24/conflict-update-march-24-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hassan_khomeini_by_tasnimnews.jpghassan_khomeini_by_tasnimnewsHassan Khomeini (Wikimedia | Siamak Ebrahimi)2019-09-28T18:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/23/conflict-update-march-23-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/taliban_insurgency_in_afghanistan_2015e28093present.pngTaliban_insurgency_in_Afghanistan_(2015–present)This map of Afghanistan is only current through December, but you can see Sangin and its proximity to Kandahar (Wikimedia | Ali Zifan)2019-09-28T18:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/22/conflict-update-march-22-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/westminster_bridge_and_palace_of_westminster.jpgWestminster BridgeWestminster Bridge under better circumstances (Wikimedia | Martin Dunst)2019-09-28T18:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/21/conflict-update-march-20-21-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/secretary_tillerson_greets_german_foreign_minister_gabriel_before_their_meeting_in_washington_283263186542629.jpgsecretary_tillerson_greets_german_foreign_minister_gabriel_before_their_meeting_in_washington_283263186542629See, Tillerson already met with that German dude that one time! What the hell more do you people want?2019-09-28T18:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/21/middle-east-conflict-update-march-20-21-2017/2019-09-28T18:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/19/conflict-update-march-18-19-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/c4jt321.pngc4jt3212019-09-28T18:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/17/conflict-update-march-17-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/battle_of_mosul_2016e2809320173.pngBattle_of_Mosul_(2016–2017)Mosul as of today; astute readers will note that most of the Iraqi progress since the last map has been made on the western outskirts of the city (Wikimedia | Kami888)2019-09-28T18:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/16/conflict-update-march-16-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gorka1-620x350.pnggorka1-620x350https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jannah.pngjannahThe town of al-Jinah, just west of Aleppo (Google 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wildershttps://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gw-rotterdam-dsc_0208.jpggw-rotterdam-dsc_02082019-09-28T18:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/12/conflict-update-march-11-12-2017/2019-09-28T18:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/10/conflict-update-march-10-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tillerson_sworn_in.jpgtillerson_sworn_inI was going to make a joke about the last time Tillerson saw his boss, but instead, can we talk about what President Trump could possibly be looking at here?2019-09-28T18:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fx-companion.com/2017/03/09/conflict-update-march-9-2017/https://fx-companion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/park_geun-hye_28872440049329_28cropped29.jpgpark_geun-hye_28872440049329_28cropped29ex-South Korean President Park Geun-hye (Wikimedia | 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