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    The siege of Homs was a military confrontation between the Syrian military and the Syrian opposition in the city of Homs, a major rebel stronghold during...
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    Damascus to Homs. From the view of the government, holding access to the road would have forced opposition fighters from their strongholds in Homs by cutting...
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    Jonathan Littell (category Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners)
    Carnets de Homs (Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs uprising, 2015) 2013 – The Fata Morgana Books 2018 - Une vielle histoire (nouvelle version) 2022 - De l'agression...
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    Saint-Germain-de-Livet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ də livɛ] ) is a commune south of Lisieux in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də majɔ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France...
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    Notre-Dame-de-Livaye (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁ dam də livɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France...
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    Saint-Denis-de-Mailloc (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ dəni də majo] ) is a commune in the Calvados department, region of Normandy, northwestern France. Communes...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Communes of the Calvados...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Mieux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də mjø] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France...
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    Saint-Côme-de-Fresné (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ komˈ də fʁɛneˈ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də fɔ̃tnɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department, region of Normandy, northwestern France...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Livet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də livɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France. Communes...
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    killed. Bataille d'Ascalon, 12 août 1099, oil on canvas by Prosper Lafaye, 1841, in the Salles des Croisades, Palace of Versailles Godefroy de Bouillon...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Martin-de-Blagny
    Saint-Martin-de-Blagny (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də blaɲi] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France...
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    Sainte-Honorine-de-Ducy (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ɔnɔʁinˈ də dysiˈ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern...
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    Deauville (redirect from Prix de Deauville)
    horse farming and for cultivating sainfoin. Duc Charles Auguste Louis Joseph de Morny, the half brother of the emperor Napoleon III, transformed Deauville...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue
    Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də la ljø] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern...
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    Saint-Laurent-de-Condel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ də kɔ̃dɛl] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France...
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    List of battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    chronologique de l'histoire du moyen âge: pour servir à l'étude et à l'enseignement de l'Histoire générale, et particulièrement de l'Histoire de France......
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    Douvres until 1961, when it was expanded to refer to the basilica Notre-Dame de la Délivrande ("Our Lady of Deliverance"), located in the town, a site of...
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    Formigny La Bataille (French pronunciation: [fɔʁmiɲi la bataj]) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established...
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    Saint-Denis-de-Méré (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ dəni də meʁe] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France....
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    Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville Frénouville...
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    Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville Frénouville...
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    adjacent to it in a northeasterly direction, along the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. Its inhabitants are called Hérouvillais. Just across the canal...
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    Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville Frénouville...
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    since 1976. Communes of the Calvados department Château de Villiers-sur-Port Église Saint-Nicolas de Villiers-sur-Port Bridge and port of Port-en-Bessin-Huppain...
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  • The 2016–17 Coupe de France First preliminary rounds comprised the first rounds of the 2016–17 Coupe de France preliminary rounds. The competition was...
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    town secured by the Allies during Operation Overlord after D-Day. Charles de Gaulle made two famous speeches in this town. Bayeux is a sub-prefecture of...
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    Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville Frénouville...
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