southern

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West was due to hold a concert in the southern French city of Marseille on June 11.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Iraq can send some of its northern crude through a pipeline to Turkey, but most of the country’s oil production comes from its southern fields, which have no inland connection to the pipeline.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Hezbollah, a well-armed and sophisticated militia group that was founded in 1982, holds enormous sway in Lebanon's predominantly Shia south as well as in the southern suburbs of its capital, Beirut.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The country's only international passenger facility, whose departure boards are now largely red with cancellations, is located on the Mediterranean coast at the edge of Beirut's southern suburbs.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Walter’s father was sent to Dachau, a notorious concentration camp in southern Germany, and Walter was promoted in the Hitler Youth.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti