Tripoli, Lebanon
Athens seeking restart with Tripoli
After several years of virtually nonexistent relations, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis spoke on the telephone Wednesday with his Libyan counterpart Najla Mangoush, signaling that contacts between Athens and Tripoli are at a turning point in the effort to build functional channels of communication.
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Turkey to renovate train station in Lebanon on old Hejaz Railway
Turkey has taken on the task to renovate a train station in Lebanon's Tripoli, located on the Hejaz Railway, which was built by Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II between 1900 and 1908.
Ancient marketplace found in Denizli
Ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Tripoli in the western province of Denizli's Buldan district have unearthed a 2,000-year-old market place, indicating that the city was a significant center of trade in the past.
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'Still here, still bleeding'
I happened to be in Beirut last week. It was a good chance to catch up with Lebanese and regional politics and see friends. Besides, I could follow the Armenian Genocide commemoration. It was a sad week for Lebanon to mark two tragic events, since it also marked the 40th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war.
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