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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Damascus, Syria This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The 1920 capture of Damascus was the final stage of the Franco-Syrian War, when French forces captured Damascus with little resistance.The Arab Kingdom of Syria was brought to an end and the French mandate of Syria was put into effect.
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.
This defeat left Syria vulnerable to the Muslim invaders. Khalid decided to capture Damascus, the Byzantine stronghold. At Damascus, Thomas, son-in-law of Emperor Heraclius, was in charge. Having received intelligence of Khalid's march towards Damascus, he prepared for its defence, writing to Emperor Heraclius in Emesa for reinforcements.
On 18 May, the U.S. conducted airstrikes on a convoy of a pro-government militia during the 2017 Baghdad–Damascus highway offensive. [343] According to a U.S. defense official, before the strikes were conducted, government troops were warned they were getting too close to Coalition forces garrisoned at al-Tanf but did not respond. [344]
A bombing of the Damascus district of Jobar was the first instance of a fighter jet being used to bomb Damascus. The following day, Gen. Abdullah Mahmud al-Khalidi, a Syrian Air Force commander, was assassinated by opposition gunmen in the Damascus district of Rukn al-Din. [52] In early November 2012, rebels made significant gains in northern ...
Hama, Homs, Damascus – all again in the headlines overnight because of the regime’s swift fall, yet too home to the most heinous parts of its history – respectively the 1982 massacre of ...
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