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A British 2-pounder anti-tank gun in action in Syria, June 1941.

Syria has long been a battleground for foreign powers

Just like the current situation today, foreign powers fought each other in Syria 83 years ago. This is the story of how the Allied Powers took on Nazi Germany far from the European battleground.

Sami Moubayed 18, Jun 2024

US President Joe Biden delivers a speech as US WWII veterans look on during the US ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, France, on 6 June 2024.

SAUL LOEB / AFP

Biden draws flimsy parallels between Ukraine war and WWII

Despite Biden using the occasion marking 80 years since D-Day to praise Kyiv's "bravery" in fighting Moscow, the two wars have little in common—except maybe how Russian forces were underestimated.

Sami Moubayed 10, Jun 2024

Smoke rise from an air defence base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Europe’s Dark Moment

For the first time in a generation, there is a war waging in Europe. In the early morning hours of Thursday, February 24th, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation”…

Maia Otarashvili 25, Feb 2022

When China and Japan Fought Over Muslims

A few months ago, Kelly Hammond , Assistant Professor of East Asian history at the University of Arkansas, published a book, “China Muslims and Japan’s Empire,” that coincides with the current world…

Mohammad Ali Salih 31, Jul 2021

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