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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
1) I will start with my work on an unexpected periphery #Beirut. Early Islamic Beirut. Yes, Beirut conjures images of the sunny Mediterranean, of cosmopolitanism, and joie de vivre, and
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Jorge Martin
marxistJorge
mass demonstration in Beirut against the government and its responsibility in the harbour blasthttps://twitter.com/timourazhari/status/1292107958336266240 police using tear gas and rubber bullets against Beirut protesters todayhttps://twitt
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Bel Trew
Beltrew
This is coming from #Beirut port - no one knows what it is. But everyone I know is cracking open their windows to relieve pressure should a pressure wave come
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
1/ What does #archaeology tell us about on the eve of the Muslim #conquest. When Yazīd and Mu‘āwiya showed up, what was #Beirut like? First, what it shows us that
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Liz Sly
LizSly
French President Macron is being mobbed in devastated Gemmayzeh in Beirut. He’s hugging them. “These people are terrorists” some people shout. They’re referring to the Lebanese government. And, “Thawra!” (revolution)
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Elijah J. Magnier
ejmalrai
#BeirutExplosion #Lebanon The good news is the 2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate did not all explode. Tens of tons did not ignite.The bad news and low level of competence
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J.
the_levantist
Lebanon was created in the shadows of the 1860 massacres. Without this tragedy, I don't think there would have ever been a Lebanon. Thousands of Christians from Mount Lebanon and
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Nataly Aukar
natyourcolor
(1/8)By next week, the terror that happened in Beirut won’t be a world discussion anymore and ppl will move on from posting abt it, thinking abt it and donating to
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The Spin Report
TheSpinReport
What media leaves out is often the most telling.From this WaPo piece, one would think Lebanon simply dislikes Israel because of border tensions. The only mention of Israel's 3 invasions
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
1) My stint on this account ends today. Before handing it off I will explain my profile picture choice-@mikati_rana 2) The picture above is of the last preserved remains of
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Bellingcat
bellingcat
Over the last few days we have identified several videos which claims to show that Beirut was hit by a missile. In @N_waters89’s latest article we examine these videos. Spoiler:
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Jihad Yazigi
jihadyazigi
Our factsheet on George Heswani, Syria's man in Moscow who was recently linked to the Beirut port blasthttps://www.syria-report.com/library/economic-data/factsheet-george-heswani-syrias-man-moscow-recently-linked-beirut-port-blast @TheS
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Refugees
UN High Commissioner for Refugees @FilippoGrandi is in #Beirut today, as we ramp up support following the devastating blast a fortnight ago.https://bit.ly/2E4cFzV The four day visit by @FilippoGrandi intends
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Christiaan Triebert
trbrtc
The secondary (and first, presumably) explosion in Beirut happened at the Beirut Port Silos, geolocation: 33.902226, 35.518766. https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9022304,35.516572,872m/data=!3m1!1e3 There are reports of two explosion location
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Erling L. Sogge
e_l_sogge
Yesterday, the #Palestinian_Civil_Defense (PCD) took part in extinguishing a fire that ignited in diesel tanks in a large building in the city of Saida in South #Lebanon. The Saida Fire
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Kim Ghattas
KimGhattas
THREAD: many in Lebanon were expecting drama of high profile indictment like Milosevic trial, this was never going to be the case. Tho it acquitted 3 defendants, @STLebanon found 4th
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