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News broke today that US forces have finished withdrawing from Qasrak, their last major base in #Syria. The base is labeled on our Syria control map from last month, which is otherwise still up-to-date:
#MiddleEast #MENAregion #geopolitics #geography #internationalpolitics #CENTCOM #military #OSINT @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations
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New #Yemen control map report for subscribers brings our coverage up to the present, with #SouthYemen separatists having badly lost their gambit for #independence. #Houthis and #AlQaeda are still as present as ever though.
More info: https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/yemen-civil-war-map-2026-houthis-separatists-irg-al-qaeda.html
#MiddleEast #maps #mapping #geopolitics #Saudi_Arabia #geography #defacto #map @geography @geopolitics #separatism #worldpolitics #IndianOcean #Socotra #STC #SouthArabia
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And here's our article covering what's changed for the #SchengenArea #map over the last five years, with the addition of #Croatia, #Bulgaria, and #Romania creating an uninterrupted land bridge to #Greece for the first time: https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/07/schengen-new-countries-changes-2023-2024-2025-next-future.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #maps @geography @geopolitics #mapping #EU #Schengen #geopolitics #Europe #SchengenExpansion
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And here's our article covering what's changed for the #SchengenArea #map over the last five years, with the addition of #Croatia, #Bulgaria, and #Romania creating an uninterrupted land bridge to #Greece for the first time: https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/07/schengen-new-countries-changes-2023-2024-2025-next-future.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #maps @geography @geopolitics #mapping #EU #Schengen #geopolitics #Europe #SchengenExpansion
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And here's our article covering what's changed for the #SchengenArea #map over the last five years, with the addition of #Croatia, #Bulgaria, and #Romania creating an uninterrupted land bridge to #Greece for the first time: https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/07/schengen-new-countries-changes-2023-2024-2025-next-future.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #maps @geography @geopolitics #mapping #EU #Schengen #geopolitics #Europe #SchengenExpansion
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And here's our article covering what's changed for the #SchengenArea #map over the last five years, with the addition of #Croatia, #Bulgaria, and #Romania creating an uninterrupted land bridge to #Greece for the first time: https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/07/schengen-new-countries-changes-2023-2024-2025-next-future.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #maps @geography @geopolitics #mapping #EU #Schengen #geopolitics #Europe #SchengenExpansion
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Besides the #EU one, we've also updated our popular #SchengenArea #map and explainer - this one for the first time since 2020! Which means THREE new member countries have been added. https://www.polgeonow.com/2020/03/what-is-schengen-list-countries-map.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #Europe #Schengen #maps #cartography #mapping @geography @geopolitics #world
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Besides the #EU one, we've also updated our popular #SchengenArea #map and explainer - this one for the first time since 2020! Which means THREE new member countries have been added. https://www.polgeonow.com/2020/03/what-is-schengen-list-countries-map.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #Europe #Schengen #maps #cartography #mapping @geography @geopolitics #world
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Besides the #EU one, we've also updated our popular #SchengenArea #map and explainer - this one for the first time since 2020! Which means THREE new member countries have been added. https://www.polgeonow.com/2020/03/what-is-schengen-list-countries-map.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #Europe #Schengen #maps #cartography #mapping @geography @geopolitics #world
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Besides the #EU one, we've also updated our popular #SchengenArea #map and explainer - this one for the first time since 2020! Which means THREE new member countries have been added. https://www.polgeonow.com/2020/03/what-is-schengen-list-countries-map.html
#geography #EuropeanUnion #Europe #Schengen #maps #cartography #mapping @geography @geopolitics #world
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Did you know that three "Olympic Nations" claim to be independent countries, but haven't been allowed membership in the United Nations? More in our #Olympics #geography explainer: https://www.polgeonow.com/2012/07/olympics-parade-of-nations.html
#Paris2024 #geopolitics #defactostates #geographyteacher #independence #politics #sports
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Updated! Free explainer on which countries are in the #Olympics, which Olympic Nations aren't independent countries, and which countries aren't allowed to join:
https://www.polgeonow.com/2012/07/olympics-parade-of-nations.html
#Olympics2024 #Paris2024 #ParisOlympics #ParisOlympics2024 #GeographyFacts #geographyteacher #geography
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Check out this recent report from The New Humanitarian on one year of life under rebel rule in a city of 2 million people - #Goma, DR #Congo. Local reporter doesn't exotify the place at all - makes it sound like it could be my hometown or yours (maybe it is).
#geography #geopolitics #politics #EastAfrica #Africa #M23 @geography @geopolitics
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Check out this recent report from The New Humanitarian on one year of life under rebel rule in a city of 2 million people - #Goma, DR #Congo. Local reporter doesn't exotify the place at all - makes it sound like it could be my hometown or yours (maybe it is).
#geography #geopolitics #politics #EastAfrica #Africa #M23 @geography @geopolitics
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Check out this recent report from The New Humanitarian on one year of life under rebel rule in a city of 2 million people - #Goma, DR #Congo. Local reporter doesn't exotify the place at all - makes it sound like it could be my hometown or yours (maybe it is).
#geography #geopolitics #politics #EastAfrica #Africa #M23 @geography @geopolitics
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Check out this recent report from The New Humanitarian on one year of life under rebel rule in a city of 2 million people - #Goma, DR #Congo. Local reporter doesn't exotify the place at all - makes it sound like it could be my hometown or yours (maybe it is).
#geography #geopolitics #politics #EastAfrica #Africa #M23 @geography @geopolitics
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Check out this recent report from The New Humanitarian on one year of life under rebel rule in a city of 2 million people - #Goma, DR #Congo. Local reporter doesn't exotify the place at all - makes it sound like it could be my hometown or yours (maybe it is).
#geography #geopolitics #politics #EastAfrica #Africa #M23 @geography @geopolitics
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Nice piece summarizing what's happened in #Tigray since 2022 ceasefire and what scenarios look likely in the near future among fears of renewed #Ethiopia-#Eritrea war. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/02/23/growing-threat-conflict-horn-africa
#HornOfAfrica #geopolitics #geography #conflictzones @geography @geopolitics #Africa #war #worldpolitics
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From last month, some more good journalism on "#KingdomOfPapaala" on #Bougainville, probably the world's most country-like #micronation, led by financial scammer Noah Musingku:
#independence #geography #micronations #PapuaNewGuinea #politicaleconomy #Melanesia #SouthPacific #separatism @geography @geopolitics #sovereignty
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#UnitedStates presidency has removed #Spanish-language version of its website, as it did in 2017 under first Trump term. Though #English is primary language of US govt, the country has no official national language, and Spanish is second-most-spoken. https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-spanish-language-website-62224890c5b05c8ce0878358ba4a5266
#officiallanguage #languagepolitics #geography @geography #EnglishLanguage #SpanishLanguage #hispanoablante #LatinAmerica
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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Deal moving forward between #Switzerland and #Italy to adjust their border near the #Matterhorn in the #Alps. @GuardianVisuals has a nice illustration of why melting #glaciers result in changing #borders: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/29/melting-glaciers-switzerland-italy-alpine-border-matterhorn
#geography #climatechange #geographyteacher @geography @geopolitics @geonews @geonews
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A very interesting case...
#Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/albania-tirana-muslim-state-bektashi.html
#geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion
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#Borneo's #Sabah & #Sarawak joined more-populated #Malaya in 1963 to form #Malaysia, under soon-broken promises of self-governance (#autonomy). 60 years later, changing politics bring renewed hope for autonomy or even (unlikely) #independence.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2024/09/18/whats-next-for-sabah-and-sarawak-after-ma63/
#secession #geography #geopolitics #decolonization #SoutheastAsia #politicalgeography #statehood #sovereignty #SouthChinaSea #SundaIslands #EastMalaysia #NorthBorneo @geography @geopolitics #geographyteacher
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As of today the US state of #Minnesota officially has a new #flag, after deciding on the change last year. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/11/new-minnesota-state-flag-debuts-state-capitol
#flags #vexillology #geography #geographyteacher #NorthAmerica #USpolitics #admin1 @geography
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#Palestine delegation gets upgrade to its Observer status at the #UnitedNations, as large majority of countries urge for it to be granted membership (so far blocked by US vetoes at #SecurityCouncil) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68983650 #geography #diplomacy #geographyteacher #Israel #MENA #MiddleEast #Mediterranean @geography @geopolitics
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In addition to #AfricanUnion suspension, #Gabon has also been suspended from #CentralAfrica bloc #ECCAS after its recent #coupdetat. https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/05/central-african-bloc-suspends-gabon-over-coup/
#africanews #AfricanPolitics #AU #politicalgeography #geography #geopolitics @geopolitics @geography
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#Eritrea rejoins #IGAD, the main #intergovernmental organization for cooperation between #HornOfAfrica countries.
#geography #EastAfrica #geopolitics #AfricanIntegration #RedSea #Africa @geography @geopolitics