Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Ita was the strongest tropical cyclone Catastrophe in the Australian region by central pressure , since George in 2007 , and since Monica in 2006 by wind speed .

In March of the following year , the Storm Catastrophe of the Century caused Causation worse damage Damaging across a larger region of the eastern United States .

The gale Motion reached Arriving New England by 5 September , departing Departing the region on 6 September .

over one million mozambicans were killed Killing in the fighting or starved Death due to interrupted food supplies ; an additional five million were displaced across the region .

The occupation of Lovas and the killing Killing and expulsion of its civilian population was included Cause_to_be_included in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) indictments of the President of Serbia , Slobodan Milošević , and Goran Hadžić , a high-ranking official of the Croatian Serb-declared wartime breakaway region of SAO Eastern Slavonia , Baranja and Western Syrmia .

While this was by far the hardest hit Attack region , it was also a significant snowstorm Catastrophe for the Philadelphia and New York City areas , which both suffered Bodily_harm occasional blizzard conditions and 12-15 inch ( 30–38 cm ) snow accumulations .

It slowly moved Motion eastward affecting Influence the Great Lakes region and the Mid-Atlantic states Statement on Friday and Saturday , January 21 and January 22 , 2005 .

After traveling Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean , the storm Catastrophe system hit Attack parts of Great Britain and Ireland and the Scandinavian peninsula , causing Causation even more widespread blackouts and a small number of deaths Death in the region .

The Mongols had looted Robbery and ravaged Destroying the Bulgarian population for decades , especially in the region of Dobrudzha .

The War in Donbass is an armed Bearing_arms conflict Quarreling in the Donbass region of Ukraine .

In 2017 , on average one Ukrainian soldier died Death in combat every three days , with the number of Russian and separatist troops remaining Presence in the region estimated at 6,000 and 40,000 respectively .

while at first , kurdish militants , primarily of the democratic party Social_event of iranian kurdistan , made Earnings_and_losses some territorial gains Earnings_and_losses in the area of mahabad and ousted Change_of_leadership the iranian troops from the region , a large scale offensive in spring 1980 by the iranian revolutionary guard reversed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the course of the conflict Violence .

The flood was part of the aftermath of an intense storm Catastrophe that hit Krasnodar , dropping Motion almost half a year 's worth of rainfall on the region over two days .

Other reports Reporting , however , have suggested Convincing that the lack of resistance may have been due Causation to a lack of significant targets Aiming in the region .

The crisis Catastrophe began Process_start when a group of armed Islamic militants , mostly Ingush and Chechen , occupied Control School Number One ( SNO ) in the town of Beslan , North Ossetia ( an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation ) on 1 September 2004 .

Second Chechen War ( ) , also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign ( ) or officially ( from the Russian point of view ) Counter-terrorist operations on territories of North Caucasian region ( ) , was an armed conflict on the territory of Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , also with militants of various Islamist groups , fought from August 1999 to April 2009 .

On 9 August 1999 , Islamist fighters from Chechnya infiltrated Russia 's Dagestan region , declaring it an independent state and calling for a jihad until `` all unbelievers had been driven out '' .

Russia established Building direct rule of Chechnya in May 2000 and after the full-scale offensive , Chechen militant resistance throughout the North Caucasus region continued to inflict heavy Russian casualties and challenge Russian political control over Chechnya for several more years .

since ancient times , cities had used Using ramparts and city walls to protect Preventing_or_letting themselves from invaders Attack , and constantinople 's substantial fortifications had been a model followed by cities throughout the mediterranean region and europe .

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a territorial and ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Quarreling region of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding Surrounding districts , which are `` de facto '' controlled Control by the self-declared Republic of Artsakh , but are internationally recognized Know as `` de jure '' part of Azerbaijan .

Under the Soviet Union , Joseph Stalin decided Deciding to make the Nagorno-Karabakh region , historically Armenian and with a majority-Armenian population , an autonomous oblast in Soviet Azerbaijan .

The region was formally controlled Control by the HVO , but the HV contributed Giving a substantial force , including commanding officers .

It can also refer Adducing to the continuation of conflict Hostile_encounter in this region , beginning Process_start with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) operations transfer Motion to South Lebanon , following Self_motion Black September in the Kingdom of Jordan .

Following the quake , police patrolled Patrolling city streets for safety reasons and damage assessments Testing were carried out Action across the affected region .

The third earthquake that year to cause Causation severe damage Damaging , it devastated Destroying the Birjand–Qayen region , killing Killing 1,567 and injuring Bodily_harm more than 2,300 .

When the cyclone Catastrophe made Causation landfall Arriving , it produced Creating strong winds Self_motion up to 100 km ( 60 mi ) inland , dropped of rainfall across a 40 km ( 25 mi ) region , and flooded Damaging over 250 villages along a 60 km ( 37 mi ) portion of the coast .

Nobunaga had the former Saitō castle repaired Recovering and renamed Name_conferral it Gifu Castle , a firm base from which to expand north into the Hokuriku region and to make his drive toward Kyoto .

saomai affected Influence many of the same areas affected by tropical storm bilis a month earlier , and the china meteorological administration reported Reporting that saomai was the strongest typhoon that ever occurred Coming_to_be over china 's offshore region as well as the most powerful typhoon ever to make landfall Self_motion over mainland china .

There was also opposition voiced by the Armenian government , as well as a number of American diplomats and relief Assistance officials working Being_in_operation in the region , who cited Adducing Sultanov 's past collaboration with the Ottoman armies that had occupied Control the area in 1918 .

The gunmen , members of Arabs of KSA group campaigning Social_event for Arab national sovereignty in the southern Iranian region of Khuzestan Province , took Conquering 26 people hostage Kidnapping , mostly embassy staff , but also several visitors , as well as a police officer who had been guarding Patrolling the embassy .

The 2012 Afar region tourist attack Attack was a shooting Killing incident Attack on the night of 17 January 2012 at Erta Ale volcano in the Afar Region of Ethiopia which killed Killing 5 and injured Bodily_harm 3 .

the security service of ukraine said Communication on 18 april that `` unk remains the hottest point in the region '' .

In response Response to the perceived Know aggression Attack of Communist forces Causation in Southeast Asia , the United States Congress passed Motion_directional the Tonkin Gulf Resolution which enabled Preventing_or_letting U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to deploy Arranging conventional military forces in the region to prevent Preventing_or_letting further attacks Attack by the North Vietnamese .

Starting Process_start from the mid-January 2013 , they have been described Statement as the `` worst bout of fighting in the region in nearly 10 years '' .

In the space of little more than a year , 12 of the region 's towns were destroyed Destroying and many more were damaged Damaging , the economy of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies was all but ruined Destroying and their population was decimated Destroying , losing Earnings_and_losses one-tenth of all men available for military service .

Salé was an important strategic and commercial centre , and also the gateway to Azghar , the region of northern Morocco .

In the region , at least 11,591 homes were destroyed Destroying by the floods Motion .

The starting date is conventionally held Defending to be 24 April 1915 , the day that Ottoman authorities rounded up , arrested Arrest , and deported Removing from Constantinople ( now Istanbul ) to the region of Angora ( Ankara ) , 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders , the majority of whom were eventually murdered Committing_crime .

Several rivers in the region flooded Catastrophe , with the Belize River reaching Arriving above normal .

The First Battle of al-Faw was a major success for Iran who now held Hold an important strategic position , but worried other states in the region , primarily in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia , who increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their support Supporting for Iraq .

Indonesia continues to restrict Hindering foreign access Having_or_lacking_access to the region due to sensitivities regarding its suppression of Papuan nationalism .

over the next few decades , the ottomans solidified Cause_change_of_strength their control Control of the region , incorporating Cause_to_amalgamate it into their empire until it was recaptured Conquering by the persians in 1623 .

Chinese armed forces launched Military_operation a punitive operation in February 1979 and attacked Attack Vietnam 's northern provinces , determined Deciding to contain Containing Soviet/Vietnamese influence and prevent Preventing_or_letting territorial gains in the region .

Finally regular troop engagements in the region ended Process_end after the conclusion of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords .

Operation Opera , and related Israeli government statements following it , established Creating the Begin Doctrine , which explicitly stated Statement the strike was not an anomaly , but instead “ a precedent for every future government in Israel. ” Israel 's counter-proliferation preventive strike added Cause_to_be_included another dimension to their existing policy of deliberate ambiguity , as it related to the nuclear capability of other states in the region .

During the period 1558–1578 , Russia dominated Control the region with early military successes Achieve at Dorpat ( Tartu ) and Narva .

He had been in contact Connect with the tsar and had requested Request that a small region on the banks of the Irtysh River would be granted Giving as his dominion .

The [ First ] Battle Hostile_encounter of Stockach occurred Coming_to_be on 25 March 1799 , when French and Austrian armies fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of the geographically strategic Hegau region in present-day Baden-Württemberg .

The Ituri conflict Hostile_encounter ( ) was a major conflict Hostile_encounter between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) .

More long- term factors include Cause_to_be_included land disputes , natural resources , and the existing ethnic tensions throughout the region .