Blida

[blee-dah]

noun

1. a city in N Algeria.

Blida

/ ˈbliːdə /

noun

1. a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop: 269 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The troops, accompanied by drones and light armoured vehicles, entered Blida and stormed the town hall, where the employee - named as Ibrahim Salameh - was sleeping, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency.

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Blida town has also been hit at least 130 times since October, damaging several buildings as well as a pharmacy, according to Acled.

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Hezbollah later said it retaliated the attack on Blida by launching two explosive drones at an Israeli army post in the northern town of Kiryat Shmona, claiming it scored direct hits.

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The funeral for Ayoub and the three girls took place Tuesday here in Blida, one in a string of border towns defined by allegiance to Hezbollah and its decades-long fight against Israel.

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In the southern village of Blida near the border, hundreds of men and women marched before the four coffins, draped in black and white banners, were carried Tuesday for burial in the local cemetery.

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