The Israeli army launched several air strikes on Lebanon’s historic southern port city of Tyre, known in Arabic as Sour, on Wednesday.
Israel says it is bombing the city due to military actions by Lebanese group Hezbollah, without providing evidence.
Sour is said to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. One of the ancient Phoenician cities, it is from Sour that queen Dido, known locally as Elissar, is believed to have left her homeland to found the Carthaginian empire in present-day Tunisia.
> “It’s impossible to have a conversation without Americans making it about themselves”
> “Oh, have you tried reading this book by two Americans?”
> MFW
Considering how detailed and critical that book is of American Imperialism, yes. I suggest you at least read the first chapter or two before you write off the book simply because the authors are American, I expect you’ll probably agree with the vast majority that the book discusses