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A water channel still flows beneath Smyrna after surviving earthquakes in Izmir

A water channel built 2,000 years ago in ancient Smyrna continues to function and carries water. Archaeologists are excavating the city to uncover more remains and preserve its history. Although the water is unsuitable for drinking, it is used to irrigate nearby green spaces. Smyrna has been on UNESCO's World…

The Times of India · Oct 3

Horror as Missing DoorDash Driver Is Reportedly Found Dismembered Inside a Plastic Container by Family

Shanteria Mosley's family reportedly found her dismembered torso at a Smyrna apartment complex after tracking her phone. Police arrested Kingston Bradley, who faces murder charges

International Business Times UK · Sep 27

‘Her family found her’: Georgia aunt says relatives kept searching for a missing 26-year-old after police left, then saw a teen drop a tub

“You guys left us to do it ourselves.”

We Got This Covered · Sep 26

Two Georgia Police Officers Injured In Gun Store Shootout

Two Georgia police officers injured in shootout with suspected gun store burglar in Smyrna. Authorities investigate the incident at Adventure Outdoors to e...

Top News · Sep 28, 2024

When antisemitic hate came to Georgia, Georgians responded with unity

A few days after neo-Nazis menaced worshippers at an east Cobb synagogue, Rabbi Dan Dorsch scanned the faces of hundreds who packed a Methodist sanctuary in Smyrna and marveled at the outpouring of support.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2023

Dozens at big Nissan Tennessee plant will vote on own union

A group of 75 tool and die technicians at a Nissan assembly plant in Tennessee with thousands of workers will hold a long-delayed vote on whether to form a union

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

The destruction of Smyrna – archive, 1922

The film, Smyrna, depicts the 1922 catastrophe at the end of the Greco-Turkish war that destroyed much of the city of Smyrna (now Izmir). See how the Guardian reported events at the time

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

Smyrna review – raw, shocking violence in epic take on Greek-Turkish conflict

Grigoris Karantinakis’s bustling ensemble drama recreates the buildup to a 1922 massacre in what is now İzmir, even if some characters are just walking Wikipedia entries

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022