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Damascus is mentioned in Genesis 14:15 as existing at the time of the War of the Kings. [39] According to the 1st-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in his twenty-one volume Antiquities of the Jews, Damascus (along with Trachonitis), was founded by Uz, the son of Aram. [40] In Antiquities i. 7, [41] Josephus reports:
2009 – Damascus Securities Exchange founded. 2011 March: Protest; crackdown. [13] Syrian civil war begins. 2012 January 2012 al-Midan bombing [14]
Settlement established by the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC) [1] ... Damascus: Levant Syria: c. ... Today Malang Raya or Malang city is the 2nd largest city and ...
The Damascus Straight Street (referred to in the conversion of St. Paul in Acts 9:11), also known as the Via Recta, was the decumanus (east–west main street) of Roman Damascus, and extended for over 1,500 m (4,900 ft). Today, it consists of the street of Bab Sharqi and the Souk Medhat Pasha, a covered market.
The State of Damascus (French: État de Damas; Arabic: دولة دمشق Dawlat Dimashq) was one of the six states established by the French General Henri Gouraud in the French Mandate of Syria which followed the San Remo conference of 1920 and the defeat of King Faisal's short-lived monarchy in Syria.
The buffer zone, a demilitarized area within Syria and administered by its government, was established in 1974 and was patrolled by United Nations peacekeepers. Israel captured the Golan Heights ...
On 29 May 1945, France bombed Damascus and tried to arrest its democratically elected leaders. While French planes were bombing Damascus, Prime Minister Faris al-Khoury was at the founding conference of the United Nations in San Francisco, presenting Syria's claim for independence from the French Mandate. Continuing pressure from Syrian ...
Israel targeted several locations in the vicinity of Damascus with missiles launched from the occupied Golan Heights, the ministry said in a statement. ... USA TODAY. UAW members at GM could get ...