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    Beirut was twice occupied during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 by squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, first in June 1772...
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    following decades. The Russian occupations of Beirut were two separate military expeditions by squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy's Mediterranean Fleet...
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  • Article: Russian occupations of Beirut The occupations of Beirut by the Russian Empire were two military expeditions by squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy's...
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    in Moscow. Russia has an embassy in Beirut. Both states have cordial relations. In the 1770s, Russian troops occupied Beirut. The Russian Empire tried...
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    (1768–1774): First of two Russian occupations of Beirut, following a naval bombardment which began on June 18. July 13 – The second voyage of James Cook departs...
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    (1768–1774): Second of the Russian occupations of Beirut begins, following a naval bombardment which began on August 2. The Russians leave Albanian mercenaries...
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    Social History of the Ottoman Empire (Izmir: Akademi Kitabevi, 1995), 111–116 For general accounts of the Russian occupations of Beirut, see William Persen...
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  • the city. 1772 – Russian occupations of Beirut. 1832 – Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt in power. 1840 October: Battle of Beirut. Settlement of the hills surrounding...
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    2024, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders...
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    (1768–1774): Second of the Russian occupations of Beirut begins, following a naval bombardment which began on August 2. The Russians leave Albanian mercenaries...
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    el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, that is inhabited mostly by Shia Muslims. Reports of the number of fatalities concluded that 43 people...
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    Paul du Quenoy (category Academic staff of the American University of Beirut)
    1910–1947". Revolutionary Russia. 28: 1, 2015. "Arabs under Tsarist Rule: The Russian Occupation of Beirut, 1773–1774". Russian History/Histoire Russe....
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    residential buildings in Haret Hreik in the Dahieh suburb to the south of Beirut. On 1 October, the IDF revealed that its special forces had carried out...
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    illegal occupants of Lebanon." Comparing Syrian occupation of Lebanon with the Soviet occupations of Eastern Europe, Professor of Middle East Studies...
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    seized control of the southern half of Lebanon and laid siege to the capital Beirut. Surrounded in West Beirut and subjected to heavy Israeli bombardment...
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  • China (Russian Post Offices) 1899–1920 Crete (Russian Post Offices) 1899 only Russian post offices in the Ottoman Empire 1863–1914 Beirut (Russian Post...
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    Lebanon (redirect from Republic of Lebanon)
    036 sq mi). Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human habitation in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia...
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    Sursock family (category Political families of Lebanon)
    be one of the most important families of Beirut. Having originated in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire, the family has lived in Beirut since...
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  • Soviet security agencies. The Russian abbreviations spetsnaz and osnaz are syllabic abbreviations of Soviet era Russian, for spetsialnogo naznacheniya...
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    35.5017 The Beirut Central District is the historical and geographical core of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Also called downtown Beirut, it has been...
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    al-istiqlal), was a chain of demonstrations in Lebanon (especially in the capital Beirut) triggered by the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister...
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    Hassan Nasrallah (category People of the Lebanese Civil War)
    until his assassination in 2024. Born into a Shia family in the suburbs of Beirut in 1960, Nasrallah finished his education in Tyre, when he briefly joined...
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  • missiles. The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut targeting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Al-Manar reported that four...
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    military chief Ali Abdullah Ayoub depicted Russian airstrikes as facilitating their campaign against terrorism. Russian special operations forces, military advisors...
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    Antoun Saadeh (category American University of Beirut alumni)
    German at the American University of Beirut. In 1933, he continued to publish pamphlets in the Al-Majalia magazine in Beirut. On 16 November 1932, Saadeh secretly...
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    Antelias district of East Beirut killed 3 people. On 30 December 1991, a car bomb killed 15 bystanders and injured over 100 in West Beirut. The attack took...
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    Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from October 2024)
    headquarters in Beirut, killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. On 1 October, the Israeli military began a full-scale invasion of southern Lebanon...
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    in Russia Foreign relations of Russia Human rights in Russia Military history of Russia Putinism Racism in Russia Ruscism Russian Empire Russian imperialism...
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    The foreign relations of the Russian Federation is the policy arm of the government of Russia which guides its interactions with other nations, their...
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  • wave of device explosions. 30 people are killed, with civilians being injured and some potentially killed. 20 September: 20 September 2024 Beirut attack...
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