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Kurum ash Shaykh in the region of Shamāl Sīnāʼ is a town located in Egypt - some 188 mi or ( 302 km ) North-East of Cairo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Kurum ash Shaykh is now 07:26 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Damascus, Amman, Tyre, Beirut, and Rafah. When in this area, you might want to check out Damascus . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Kurum ash Shaykh ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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قافلة جالاوي الجديدة تمر من سيناء الى غزة

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من مدونة سيناء حيث أنا alanany.wordpress.com قافلة النائب في مجلس العموم البريطاني جورج جالاوي الثانية الجديدة تعبر مدينة الشيخ زويد قادمة من مدينة العريش في طريقها لمعبر رفح ثم غزة Convoy of the depu ..

RCASC Montréal à Gaza ONU UNEF 1957-1958 Partie 1 de 12

4:47 min by mwl1943
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WO1 Jean-Louis Landry en assignation avec les troupes canadiennes pour l'ONU en Égypte avec le RCASC de novembre 1957 à mai 1958. Voyage de Montréal à Gaza via Bagotville, Gander, Açores, Gibraltar, N ..


RCASC Le Caire - ONU UNEF 1957-1958 - Partie 3 de 12

4:04 min by mwl1943
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WO1 Jean-Louis Landry visite Le Caire lors de son affectation pour l'ONU en Égypte avec le RCASC de novembre 1957 à mai 1958. ..

إبحث بالصورة Search by Image

0:42 min by GazaCity2011
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تفضلوا بزيارة صفحة مدينة غزة عبر الفيس بوك : www.facebook.com ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Dikla

Dikla (Palm) was an Israeli settlement in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War, until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Located in the Rafah Plain region south of the Gaza Strip, Dikla was established in May 1969 as a pioneer Nahal outpost known as Dekalim (palms).

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Located at 31.22 34.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Former Israeli settlements in Sinai, History of Israel

Battle of Rafa

The Battle of Rafa, also known by the British as the Action of Rafah, took place on 9 January 1917 completed the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. Desert Column attacked the entrenched Ottoman Army garrison at el Magruntein to the south of Rafa, close to the frontier between the Sultanate of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, in the area to the north and east of Sheikh Zowaiid.

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Located at 31.17 34.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 1917 in the Palestinian territories, Battles of World War I involving Australia, Battles of World War I involving New Zealand, Battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, Conflicts in 1917

Sufa, Sinai

Sufa was an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in Sinai. Located two kilometres east of Yamit, it was evacuated as part of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1982. Its former residents established a new kibbutz by the same name in the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip. Sufa was established in 1974 as a Nahal settlement, its name derived from the severe dust storms which occurred in the area. On 17 January 1977 it was recognised as a kibbutz.

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Located at 31.24 34.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Former Israeli settlements in Sinai, Former kibbutzim, Nahal settlements, Populated places established in 1974

Avshalom, Sinai

Avshalom was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula. Avshalom was founded in 1973, next to Sadot. It was named Merkaz Sadot (lit. Sadot Center) and later Yad On (lit. Hand of Strength). In 1979, it was renamed in honor of Avshalom Feinberg, a leader of the Nili espionage network who had died in Sinai during World War I. Avshalom was dismantled three years later as a result of the Camp David Accords. In 1990 a new communal settlement by the same name was founded in Israel.

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Located at 31.21 34.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Former Israeli settlements in Sinai, Populated places established in 1979

Battle of Rafah (1948)

The Battle of Rafah was a military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in the final stage of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was fought on January 3–8, 1949, just south of Rafah, today in the Gaza Strip. The battle was initiated by Israel as part of Operation Horev, on the backdrop of the Sinai battles just before. The Israelis were hoping to encircle all Egyptian forces in Palestine and drive them back to Egypt.

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Located at 31.23 34.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

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