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“People come to touch the walls”: Fears for Constantinople’s crumbling Byzantine past

Turkish city’s pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes

Hamas open to unity government with Palestinian Authority

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the return of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip following the current Israeli war on the enclave.

Anthony Blinken at the PM Mitsotakis’ house in Chania

Earlier, the head of American diplomacy had met in Constantinople with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Mitsotakis: Philip’s palace in Aiges proves the timeless Greekness of Macedonia (photos)

Alexander the Great was proclaimed king there & the same columns that the visitor sees today "heard" the Macedonians soldiers rhythmically calling out his name

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