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Aerial view of the young town of Qamishli, 1930

Place: Qamishli · today Syria
Date: 1930

Vertical aerial photograph taken by the French Army of the Levant in 1930, showing the new grid of Qamishli at the edge of open fields a few years after its founding.

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Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), photothèque, via MédiHAL and Wikimedia Commons

Armée du Levant · Licence Ouverte (Etalab)

Aerial view of the young town of Qamishli, 1930

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