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The Byzantines retake Antioch, in northern Syria, from the Muslims, who have held it since 638.
Nicephorus II Phocas is murdered in a plot devised by his wife, Empress Theophano, and his trusted lieutenant John Tzimisces, who becomes Emperor John I Tzimisces.
The Fatimids complete their invasion of Egypt and send troops into Palestine and southern Syria.
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