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"Everything is destroyed": Eyewitnesses describe scenes in Beirut after explosion
4 August 2020, 18:38
Ahmad Yassine on the ground in Beirut after explosion
Eyewitness accounts from Beirut describe the city as a "warzone" after an explosion in the Lebanese capital this afternoon.
Earlier today footage from the Lebanese capital showed a huge explosion in the port area which was felt miles from the site.
Journalist and television producer Ahmad Yassine spoke to Eddie Mair about the disaster, where he said his own car jumped off the ground such was the power of the explosion.
"Everything flied(sic), glass, cars, many wounded, many dead, it was just horrible" he said. Mr Yassine told Eddie that Lebanon has just lifted its coronavirus lockdown yesterday but it is now likely there will be another lockdown in Beirut.
Reports in Lebanon are stating that "containers of fireworks and nitrate," which were being stored in the port are the roo
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International Legion (Ukraine)
Ukrainian military unit
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Military unit
The International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine,[note 1] or the Ukrainian Foreign Legion,[9] is a military unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces composed of foreign volunteers. It was created on 27 February 2022 by the Ukrainian government at the request of PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy to fight against the Russian invasion of the country.[10] It was originally part of the Territorial Defense Forces, under the name of International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, eventually transitioning to the command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces at some point in its existence.[2][1]
History
Formation of the unit
On 27 February 2022 (three days after the invasion began), beneath the order by President
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Afeganistão: o regresso dos talibã
23 | setembro | 2021
A 15 de Agosto de 2021, a saída do Presidente Karzai marca a queda de Cabul. Apenas 3 meses depois das tropas aliadas terem começado a retirada do país, e depois de 20 anos de guerra, seguiu-se o caos da evacuação e a reinstalação de um regime talibã.
Recursos | Opiniões & Análises | Editoriais | Notícias
Recursos
The U.S. War in Afghanistan: 1999 – 2021
Council on Foreign Relations
Modern Sunni-Shia Tensions: 1979 – 2021
Council on Foreign Relations
The Taliban in Afghanistan [03/08/2021]
Lindsay Maizland, CFR
Afghanistan Continues to Descend into Violence with No End in Sight [02/07/2021]
Soufan Center
What we should all know about Afghanistan [30/06/2021]
Sandra Petersmann, Qantara
Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires [12/2001]
Milton Bearden, Foreign Affairs
Opiniões & Análises
The Taliban Takeover and China-Russia Relations [11/2021]
Brian G. Carlson, C