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The 18 July 2012 Damascus bombing of the National Security headquarters in Rawda Square, Damascus, killed and injured a number of top military and security officials of the Syrian government. Among the dead were the Syrian Defense Minister [ 2 ] and Deputy Defense Minister. [ 3 ]
[34] The rebels started encircling the capital after capturing Al-Sanamayn, a town 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the southern entrance of Damascus. [35] In the Rif Dimashq region, pro-government forces withdrew from the towns of Assal al-Ward, Yabroud, Flitah, Al-Naseriyah and Artouz, while rebels came within 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of Damascus. [36]
The dome of Damascus' treasury in the Umayyad Mosque. While the Arabs administered the city of Damascus, the population of Damascus remained mostly Christian—Eastern Orthodox and Monophysite—with a growing community of Arab Muslims from Makkah, Medina, and the Syrian Desert. [43] The city was chosen as the capital of Islamic Syria.
Other Damascus suburbs that have come under fire from heavy artillery and mortar rounds from government forces include Douma, Saaba, Arbin and Hamuriyeh, activists said. "The more the regime uses the army, the more soldiers defect," Ahmed al-Khatib, a local rebel council member on the Damascus outskirts, told the AFP news agency.
Map of Damascus in 1855 View of Damascus, 1898. 965 BCE – Ezron, King of Aram-Zobah conquers Damascus; 843 BCE – Hazael assassinated Ben-Hadad I and made himself king of Damascus. [1] 732 BCE – Neo-Assyrian Empire conquers Damascus; 572 BCE – Neo-Babylonians conquered Damascus; 538 BCE – Achaemenid Empire annexes Damascus
The Battle of Damascus, Siege of Damascus, or similar names may refer to: Siege of Damascus (634), a siege during the Muslim conquest of Syria. The Siege of Damascus, a 1720 play by John Hughes about this battle; During the Crusades: Siege of Damascus during the Crusade of 1129; Siege of Damascus (1148), a failed siege during the Second Crusade
Syria President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule was dangling by a thread after rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs.
The war had precipitated an influx of Christian refugees to Damascus, mostly women and children and smaller numbers of adult males, from Hasbaya and Rashaya. Many Christians living in towns between Damascus and Mount Lebanon, such as Zabadani, also fled to Damascus due to the potential threat of attack by Druze forces. [48]