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Cyprus under the Romans was a (relatively quiet) senatorial province with a tiny garrison.
However, when the Arabs under the Rashidun Caliphate swept over the Levant after 629 AD, Cyprus couldn't ward off the tides of war.
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Ο Usama al-Juwaili, ο αρχηγός των πολιτοφυλάκων του Zintan, αποκτά τον έλεγχο του Ghadamis (μωβ κύκλος) στα νώτα της Κυβέρνησης Ντμέιμπα.
Η εξέλιξη αυτή σηματοδοτεί μια νίκη για τον Χάφταρ και τον LNA ενώ η Τουρκία δεν παρεμβαίνει υπέρ του Ντμπέιμπα (όπως πριν)
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Unknown armed group declares war against Turkey in Libya.
Listen to what they had to say. https://t.co/S6ZgoumCRX
Libya Reviewx.com
Μετά το Gadhames (και την αεροπορική βάση του), o Χάφταρ και LNA αποκτούν τον έλεγχο των γειτονικών πετρελαιοπηγών της Al Hamra.
Εν ολίγοις, όλες οι πετρελαιοπηγές της Λιβύης πλέον κατέχονται από τον Χάφταρ και τους συμμάχους του (όπως μάρτυρα ο χάρτης).
#Λιβύη https://t.co/R8gl7ddUUu
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instagram.com🔴 Scenes that #Syrians have been waiting for for 14 years...
Lions of Arab tribes inside the Al-Omar oil refinery [occupied by US-backed Forces with support of US Forces] on the outskirts of the town of Dhiban https://t.co/iIRzZFk0ub
Middle East Observerx.com
Gaddafi once sent a plane to pick up Sheikh Zayed’s sons for medical treatment back when the UAE was still just desert. Years later, those same sons sent fighter jets to help NATO against Libya, leading to Gaddafi’s de@th along with his sons.
Biting the hand that feeds you! https://t.co/o0DpAQAQKw
Perhaps because of the distinctive ecology of the Near and Middle East, where agrarian society played second fiddle to long-distance trade, Islam was strikingly cosmopolitan. Muslims were first of all members of the umma, the great body of Islamic faithful, and only secondly subjects of their territorial ruler.