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1 day ago · On July 9 Mishaqa barely escaped with his life when the mob broke into his house. Blinded in one eye, one arm slashed and bleeding, he threw fistfuls of coins to distract his attackers, who went ...
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2 days ago · Recent News. Damascus, Syria. Damascus, city, capital of Syria. Located in the southwestern corner of the country, it has been called the “pearl of the East,” praised for its beauty and lushness; the 10th-century traveler and geographer al-Maqdisī lauded the city as ranking among the four earthly paradises.
3 days ago · Nearly 12,000 prisoners were captured in Damascus before noon on 1 October 1918 as well as large numbers of artillery and machine guns. The 4th Light Horse Brigade captured a total of 11,569 prisoners in the city. The 5th Cavalry Division took charge of 12,000 Ottoman prisoners. Prisoners were walked out of Damascus to a camp.
- 26 September – 1 October 1918
- Advance from Haifa, Tiberias and Beisan to Damascus.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}33°30′46.8″N 36°17′31.2″E / 33.513000°N 36.292000°E
4 days ago · Charles Gordon Smith. Syria, country located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. The capital is Damascus. Find a geographical and historical treatment of Syria, including maps, statistics, and a survey of its people, economy, and government, in this article.
4 days ago · Before the Syrian Civil War, Homs was a major industrial centre, and with a population of at least 652,609 people in 2004, it was the third-largest city in Syria after Aleppo to the north and the capital Damascus to the south. Its population reflected Syria's general religious diversity, composed of Sunni and Alawite Muslims, and Christians.
- 501 m (1,644 ft)
- Syria
6 days ago · The Tapestry of Damascus: Demographics and Displacement Dynamics Amidst the Syrian Civil War. From the start of the uprising, Damascus City, along with the ‘heartland’ governorates of Latakia, Tartous, Homs and Hama, figured prominently in the Regime’s political calculations, in large part because it contains the Alawite elite and more than half of the country’s army and elite ...
6 days ago · Introduction. Background. After World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French administered the area until granting it independence in 1946. The new country lacked political stability and experienced a series of military coups.
