Damascus (syr)

Damascus

Damascus ranks 171st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Neuilly-sur-Seine, Sparta, and Brisbane. Memorable people born in Damascus include Bashar al-Assad, John of Damascus, and Yazid I. Memorable people who died in Damascus include Saladin, Hafez al-Assad, and Al-Farabi. Damascus has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Damascus is located in Syria.

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام) and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia