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The walled and fortified town of Concarneau, built on an islet
Navigate by keyboard Previous Following A fortified city built from the 15th to the 16th century on an islet connected to the land by two small bridges, the Closed City…
Hundreds of people have fortified themselves in al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
Jordan has warned Israel to avoid forcibly removing people entrenched in the mosque. Hundreds of people are said to have fortified the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and are preparing for…
War in Ukraine: Avdiivka, this other fortified city in Putin’s sights
To the almost endless list of Ukrainian localities bruised by the war has been added, in recent days, the name of Avdiivka, a town located south of Bakhmout, in the…
Zaporizhia and Kherson areas fortified by Russian soldiers
On Saturday, the Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin had spoken the day before with those responsible for the military intervention in Ukraine. The Russian president notably asked the commanders what…
The Swedes who monitor the world’s most fortified border
Major Per Thulin and Major General Anders Callert are part of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Monitoring Commission (NNSC). 1 of 8Photo: Simon Gate / TT Not a…