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A train station was the pride of Syria. Some hope it will connect them to the world again

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital

The Independent UK

LA's big Armenian community marks genocide remembrance day

The killing and deportation of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s is being remembered in Southern California

The Independent UK

Princess Jawaher Al Saud to Asharq Al-Awsat: Small Saudi Emirate Shook Pillars of Ottoman Empire

A Saudi researcher specialized in the Kingdom’s history referred to documents dating back to the Ottoman era, as well as British records, and contemporary local writings, to confirm that the First Saudi State, which was established by Imam Mohammad bin Saud, was a source of concern for the great powers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Kurds, a nation without a state: A century-long fight for rights and autonomy

In this special edition of Middle East Matters, we focus on the Kurds. Spread across four nations, they are the world's largest stateless ethnic group. Indigenous to the Middle East and numbering at least 35 million, the Kurds have sought to establish a homeland of their own since the fall…

France 24

Seven US Betrayals of Kurds within a Century… Will It Fail Them Again in Syria?

If the reaction to Turkish incursions or continued aerial bombardment against Kurdish targets in northern Syria does not meet Kurdish expectations and demands, it wouldn’t be the first time Kurds are betrayed by the US or the West. In the past century, the global and regional balance of power has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Music Superstar Dua Lipa Granted Albanian Citizenship

Albania’s president on Sunday granted citizenship to British pop star of Albanian origin Dua Lipa for what he said was the artist’s role in spreading Albanians’ fame internationally through her music. President Bajram Begaj said Lipa was granted citizenship ahead of Albania’s 110th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Five things you need to know about the Ottoman empire

For centuries empires were the dominant form of political organisation. In the west there is some degree of familiarity with the British, French and German empires, and the empires of Spain and Portugal. Not to mention the Romans or the Greeks. But one empire that sometimes gets forgotten, outside Turkey,…

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The Downside of Imperial Collapse

When empires or great powers fall, chaos and war rise.

Foreign Affairs

Britain and the US… And the Round of Violence in Iraq

In contrast to its establishment by the British in the early twentieth century, the second effort to establish an Iraqi state, made this century by the US, was chaotic and not based on a vision for how to build it. There is an immense difference in scale between the two…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan: Biden Should First Learn and Know Very Well the History of Armenians

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out Tuesday at US President Joe Biden for again characterizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces as a genocide. “Mr. Biden should first learn and know very well the history of Armenians.

Asharq Al-Awsat

At Gallipoli battlefields, travelers remember fallen Anzacs

Travelers from Australia and New Zealand joined dignitaries at the former World War I battlefields of Gallipoli in northwest Turkey for a dawn service to honor soldiers who were killed during an unsuccessful British-led campaign that aimed to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war

The Independent UK

How the First Saudi State Posed Real Threat to the Ottomans, Persian Influence

Thousands of foreign documents, uncovered by a Saudi researcher specialized in Saudi history, revealed important aspects that characterized the first central state in the Arabian Peninsula, which was founded by Imam Muhammad bin Saud. With King Salman’s announcement that February 22 will be known as Founding Day, commemorating Saudi heritage…

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