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- ... that the lapis lazuli inlays used in the 25th-century BC Statue of Ebih-Il (pictured), discovered in ancient Mari in Syria, were imported from as far east as Afghanistan?
- ... that following the capture of Baldwin I of Edessa in 1104, the inhabitants of al-Fu'ah, Sarmin and Maarrat Misrin in northern Syria revolted against their Crusader rulers?
- ... that the Azm Palace in Hama, Syria, has been regarded as "one of the loveliest Ottoman residential buildings in Syria"?
- ... that the General Union of Syrian Women released a ground-breaking report on domestic violence against women in April 2006?
- ... that al-Mansur Ibrahim, the Ayyubid governor of Hims, ended Khwarezmid power in Syria after defeating them in a battle near Lake Hims?
- ... that Pope Sergius I successfully avoided arrest by the Byzantine protospatharios after rejecting the canons of the Quinisext Council?
- ... that the Roman Theatre at Palmyra in Syria was left unfinished with only the ima cavea?
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- ... that the Phoenician ruins (temple pictured) of the ancient city of Amrit, near Tartus in Syria, are preserved in their entirety without extensive remodeling by later generations?
- ... that former prime minister of Syria Sabri al-Asali (pictured) was part of the delegation that attended the founding of the Arab League in Cairo in 1945?
- ... that former Syrian prime minister, Lutfi al-Haffar, was an active participant and organizer of the 1936 Syrian general strike?
- ... that the ancient Street Called Straight of Damascus, Syria, still connects the eastern gate (pictured) of the old city with the western one?
- ... that the Citadel of Damascus (pictured) in Syria was built not on the top of a hill, but on flat ground, at the same level as the rest of Damascus city?
- ... that the Temple of Bel (pictured), dedicated in 32 AD, formed the center of religious life in Palmyra, Syria and is considered its "best preserved" ruin?
- ... that the Roman theatre of Bosra (pictured), built in the 2nd century AD in Bosra, Syria, is the largest, most complete and best preserved of all the Roman theatres in the Middle East?
- ... that the Tekkiye Mosque (pictured), built by the architect Sinan, has been described as "the finest example in Damascus of Ottoman architecture"?
- ... that Khan As'ad Pasha (pictured), built by Damascus governor As'ad Pasha al-Azem, is the largest khan in the city?
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- ... that ablaq is an Arabic term for the use in stonework of alternating or fluctuating rows of light and dark color stone (pictured)?
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- ... that fortuitous finding of a colossal basalt lion (pictured) in 1955 led to discovery of the Ain Dara temple near Aleppo in Syria, which was built in three structural phases between 1300 BC and 740 BC?
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- ... that Syrian poet and writer Maryana Marrash (pictured) revived the tradition of literary salons in the Middle East at the end of the 19th century?
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- ... that the lapis lazuli inlays used in the 25th-century BC Statue of Ebih-Il (pictured), discovered in ancient Mari in Syria, were imported from as far east as Afghanistan?
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- ... that the Royal Palace (gate pictured) of ancient Ugarit in Syria had fortification walls whose base sloped outward 45 degrees?
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- ... that the 18th-century BC fresco the Investiture of Zimrilim (pictured) depicts the king of ancient Mari receiving the symbols of rule from the goddess Ishtar?
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- ... that the Roman Camp of Diocletian at Palmyra in Syria served as the military headquarters for the Legio I Illyricorum?
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- ... that the three sections of the Great Colonnade at Palmyra in Syria were connected by a tetrapylon (pictured) and a monumental arch?
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- ... that the porticoes of the Great Colonnade at Apamea (pictured) were paved with mosaics along the full 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) stretch of the avenue?
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- ... that the inscription on the stone tablet accompanying the Urkish lions (pictured) is the earliest known text written in the Hurrian language?
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- ... that the Syrian village of al-Mushannaf has a well-preserved temple, dated to the first century BC, that was dedicated to Zeus and Athena?
- ... that the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward was long famous for its flower produce which supplied the attar makers of nearby Damascus?
- ... that the Phoenician settlement of Tell Sukas in modern Syria was located at the center of the fertile plain of Jableh on a hill with access to two natural harbors?
- ... that by the time of his death in 1764 BC, Yarim-Lim I, king of Yamhad (modern-day Aleppo, Syria) was said to be the "mightiest ruler in the Near East outside of Egypt"?
- ... that Abd al-Karim al-Jundi presided over the state appropriation of Syrian farm land from its traditional owners after becoming the minister of agrarian reform?
- ... that the 6th-millennium BC settlement of Tell Sabi Abyad in northern Syria featured multi-room rectangular buildings with round structures called tholoi that were probably used for storage?
- ... that Mika Yamamoto, the fifteenth journalist killed in Syria in 2012, was the first Japanese reporter to be killed in the ongoing armed political conflict in Syria?
- ... that the Church of Julianos in the village of Barad in northern Syria, was one of two three-aisled basilicas in the Dead Cities?
- ... that the town of al-Dana in northern Syria is identified with "Adennu", the first Aramaean city to be captured by Assyrian emperor Shalmaneser III?
- ... that the town and refugee camp of Khan Dannun in Syria was originally a basalt caravanserai built by the Mamluk governor of Damascus in 1376?
- ... that al-Shaykh Saad in the Hauran region of Syria was mentioned by several Christian scholars and pilgrims, including Eusebius, Egeria and Jerome, as the town of St. Job?
- ... that a Roman inscription at the Syrian town of Darkush on the Orontes River attests to the existence of a shipbuilding industry for river-going boats in the town?
- ... that a year after capturing Ahlat, Arjish and Van in Anatolia, the Ayyubid prince al-Awhad Ayyub faced revolts in each of those cities?
- ... that the Syrian village of Hit contains a 4th-century Byzantine church dedicated to the martyrdom of Saint Sergius?
- ... that Muhammad al-Khuli was removed as the Syrian Air Force Intelligence chief by Hafez al-Assad due to international pressure regarding Khuli's alleged involvement in the Hindawi affair?
- ... that former Syrian prime minister Nasuhi al-Bukhari resigned after only three months in office when talks to ratify the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence broke down?
- ... that former Syrian chief-of-staff, Anwar Bannud, was the only Syrian officer to reach a rank of colonel under the French mandate?
- ... that there are approximately thirty shrines and Roman temples on the slopes of Mount Hermon?
- ... that according to local Muslim tradition, the prophet Muhammad leaned against a stone in the southern Syrian town of Mahajjah?
- ... that the Syrian village of Deir al-Bukht ("Monastery of the Bactrian Camel") was so named because the eighth-century Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik kept a bactrian camel at the site?
- ... that following the capture of Baldwin I of Edessa in 1104, the inhabitants of al-Fu'ah, Sarmin and Maarrat Misrin in northern Syria revolted against their Crusader rulers?
- ... that Shibtu, wife of Zimrilim and queen consort of the ancient city-state of Mari, was described as "the most prominent of the Mari ladies"?
- ... that entry into the Druze faith has been prohibited since Al-Muqtana Baha'uddin ended the Divine call in 1043 CE?
- ... that the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party came to power in the 8th of March Revolution?
- ... that movement on the newly discovered Mount Lebanon thrust is the most likely cause of the 551 Beirut earthquake and resulting tsunami, which left all the coastal cities of Lebanon in ruins?
- ... that the 1966 Syrian coup d'état removed the original founders of Ba'athism from power, caused the party to split, and brought neo-Ba'athists to power in Syria?
- ... that during the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli Air Force carried out the Syrian General Staff Headquarters Raid after northern Israel had been struck by FROGs?
- ... that Abdullah Rimawi, one of the founders of the Ba'ath Party in Jordan, became its secretary-general in 1952?
- ... that the Umayyad military leader Abdallah al-Battal became a popular hero in medieval Arabic and Turkish tradition for his exploits against the Byzantines?
- ... that Saleh al-Ali led one of the first Syrian rebellions against the French mandate, and was sentenced to death in absentia by a French court-martial?
- ... that Al-Ashraf Musa's defection from the Mongol coalition was critical for the Mamluks' victory during the Battle of Ain Jalut?
- ... that during the tenure of the Abbasid governor al-Fadl ibn Salih, the Egyptian cities of al-Fustat and al-Askar were merged into one large city?
- ... that through Greek trading colonies like Al Mina on the Syrian coast the Phoenician alphabet was transmitted to ancient Greece in the 8th century BCE?
- ... that Al-Kahf Castle in al-Ansariyah mountains was the last Ismaili stronghold in Syria to surrender to the Mamluks?
- ... that offerings in the 4000-year old temple of Al-Rawda, Syria, came from as far as Egypt, Afghanistan and India?
- ... that the village of Anasartha, located in Western Syria and today known as Khanasser, derived its water supply until 1975 from a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) long Byzantine-era qanat?
- ... that As'ad Pasha al-Azm, governor of Damascus under the Ottoman Empire for 14 years, ordered the construction of the Azm Palace and Khan As'ad Pasha?
- ... that Aretas III commissioned the minting of the first silver Nabataean coins?
- ... that upon hearing of Khalid ibn al-Walid's reputation in battle, the Roman-led Arab Christian garrison of Arak peacefully surrendered their fort to his army?
- ... that the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Syria was established in 1947 by a Christian, a Sunni Muslim, and followers of an Alawite?
- ... that the Great Church of Antioch was still standing after the earthquake of 526 AD, but was destroyed seven days later by the resulting fire?
- ... that former Syrian chief of staff Ali Aslan was considered the "operational brain" of the Syrian Army during the 1990s?
- ... that Abdullah Atfeh was the first chief of staff of the Syrian Army following the country's independence?
- ... that Ash-sha'ab yurid isqat an-nizam (The people want the fall of the regime) was the most common slogan in graffiti during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution?
- ... that Haqqi al-Azm, a former prime minister of Syria, was also the first governor of the State of Damascus under the French mandate?
- ... that the al-'Awasim was the fortified frontier zone established by the Ummayad and Abbasid caliphates along their border with the Byzantine Empire?
- ... that Syrian-born clarinetist Kinan Azmeh debuted a concerto written especially for him at the opening of the Damascus Opera House?
- ... that between 1725 and 1783, members of the prominent Damascene family al-Azm held power as walis in Damascus, Syria, for 47 years?
- ... that Muhsin al-Barazi, former prime minister of Syria, conducted secret negotiations with Israel and discussed the possibility of a summit between Ben-Gurion and al-Za'im in 1949?
- ... that the Azm Palace in Hama, Syria, has been regarded as "one of the loveliest Ottoman residential buildings in Syria"?
- ... that the ideology of Ba'athism was developed mostly in Syria by Zaki al-Arsuzi, Salah al-Din al-Bitar and Michel Aflaq, who is considered the founder of Ba'athist thought, as a way to unite the Arab world into one nation?
- ... that despite being of Kurdish origins, Syrian writer Salim Barakat is considered one of the most innovative poets and novelists writing in the Arabic language?
- ... that the 1937 Bloudan Conference was held in Bloudan only after the British rejected the Arab request to host it in Jerusalem?
- ... that after the Battle of Azaz in 1030, the victorious Arabs needed seventy camels to carry off the imperial tent of the Byzantine emperor Romanos III and its treasures?
- ... that Afif al-Bizri, as chief of staff of the Syrian Army, forced Prime Minister Sabri al-Assali to follow a pro-Nasser policy under threat of arrest?
- ... that Jacques Cauvin said the Neolithic Revolution moved into Anatolia via "the acculturation of a local cultural background by a dominant, expansionist culture"?
- ... that Tuhama Ma'rouf of the Syrian Communist Labour Party was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International after her arrest in February 2011?
- ... that the Syrian Constitution guarantees a 50% quota of the People's Assembly for workers and peasants?}
- ... that the loss of nine military crew members and passengers when Buffalo 461 was shot down over Syria in 1974, remains the largest single-incident loss of life in Canadian peacekeeping history?
- ... that the Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa in Tartus, built by the Crusaders in the mid-12th century, is among the best-preserved religious structures of the crusades?
- ... that the Supreme Constitutional Court, as defined by the Syrian constitution, may not examine laws passed by a referendum?
- ... that Ugaritic culture hero Danel may have been a model for the Biblical Daniel of Ezekiel?
- ... that the Battle of Damascus was the final action of the Allied advance on Damascus in Syria during the Syria–Lebanon Campaign in World War II?
- ... that Damask, a fabric with a rich pattern formed by weaving got its name from ornamental silk fabrics from Damascus?
- ... that when the Deir ez-Zor Museum in Syria was founded in 1974, its collection consisted of only 140 objects?
- ... that after the Battle of Deir ez-Zor in World War II, most Syrian troops avoided capture by changing into civilian clothes?
- ... that the Ebla tablets, found in ancient Ebla, Syria and date back to 2500 BC, reveal that the city produced a range of beers, including one that appears to be named "Ebla"?
- ... that the Declaration to the Seven was the first British pronouncement to the Arab states of the former Ottoman Empire advancing the principle of national self-determination?
- ... that bone fragments of the Camelus Moreli, a new species of giant camel, were found at the archaeological site of El Kowm in Syria?
- ... that the archaeological sites of Tell Fray and Dibsi Faraj in Syria were flooded by the rising waters of Lake Assad?
- ... that while Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was ill in 1983, Hikmat al-Shihabi, chief of staff of the Syrian Army, and Ali Duba, head of the Military Intelligence, were part of an interim ruling committee?
- ... that Mount Hermon was captured by Syria on the first day of the Yom Kippur War and recaptured by Israel fifteen days later?
- ... that Al-Firdaws Madrasa, established in 1236 under the patronage of Malik az-Zahir's wife, Dayfa Khatun, is the largest and best known of the Ayyubid madrasas in Aleppo?
- ... that Syrian political activist Faeq al-Mir was arrested and potentially faced life in prison for a phone call?
- ... that Syrian political cartoonist Ali Farzat's 1989 exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris brought him a death threat from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein?
- ... that a French expedition in Syria occurred in 1860–61, to reestablish order following the massacre of Maronite Christians by Druzes and Muslims?
- ... that the forests of Syria, celebrated throughout ancient times for their richness, have been reduced to their present-day area of 4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi)?
- ... that the Fourth Fitna pitted two half-brothers, the Abbasid caliphs al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, against each other?
- ... that in the 5th-century CE the only indigenous Arab unit of the Byzantine army in Syria was stationed at Furqlus?
- ... that the General Union of Syrian Women released a ground-breaking report on domestic violence against women in April 2006?
- ... that the Ghab valley swamp in northwest Syria was drained between 1953 and 1968, providing an extra 41,000 hectares (160 sq mi) of irrigated lands?
- ... that the first Ottoman governor of Syria, Janbirdi al-Ghazali, revolted against Ottoman rule two years into his reign?
- ... that before entering politics, two-time prime minister Said al-Ghazzi was one of the leading lawyers in Syria?
- ... that the Great Mosque of Aleppo, built by the Umayyads in 717, is the oldest mosque in Aleppo, Syria?
- ... that the proposed construction of the Halabiye Dam on the Euphrates in Syria threatens the Roman–Byzantine sites of Halabiye and Zalabiye?
- ... that Hammam Yalbugha, a public bath in Aleppo, Syria, was built in 1491 by the Emir of Aleppo, Yalbugha al-Naseri?
- ... that Khan al-Harir, built by Darwish Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Damascus, was the first great caravanserai to be built inside the old city walls of Damascus?
- ... that despite serving the Chalcedonian Byzantine Empire, the Ghassanid ruler Al-Harith ibn Jabalah actively contributed to the revival of the monophysitic Syriac Church?
- ... that Omar Hayssam, a Syrian-born Romanian financier, was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a court found him guilty of masterminding the kidnap of three Romanian journalists in Iraq in 2005?
- ... that in the 18th century, the Ottoman garrison at Hisyah served as the dominant military faction in the Homs region?
- ... that in 683, the second Umayyad ruler Yazid I died in the Syrian Desert town of Huwwarin, his favorite recreation spot?
- ... that Syrian Orthodox bishop Michael Jarweh with a large number of his faithfuls revitalized the Syrian Catholic Church?
- ... that Rome needed eight years to confirm the election of Peter Jarweh as Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church because he had received funds from Protestant missionaries to buy a printing press?
- ... that in 570 Jassem served as a seat of the Monophysite church during Ghassanid rule in Syria?
- ... that through his extensive building works, Sanjar al-Jawli transformed Karak and Gaza into major cities?
- ... that excavations at the town of Jayrud in the Qalamoun Mountains of Syria produced microliths, blades, scrapers and other lithic tools dating back to the Natufian culture?
- ... that the town of Jindires in Syria was the site of a decisive Roman victory against the Parthians in 38 BC?
- ... that the city of Jisr ash-Shugur has twice risen in revolt against the government of Syria, in 1980 and again in 2011?
- ... that Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, is home to the 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue?
- ... that that the Fifth and Sixth Crusades were turned back by Al-Kamil, a nephew of Saladin?
- ... that Khabur ware pottery was named after the Khabur River region in northeastern Syria, where large quantities of it were found by archaeologist Max Mallowan at the site of Chagar Bazar?
- ... that in the Battle of Kissoué during the Syria–Lebanon Campaign in World War II, the outnumbered defenders at Quneitra, Syria surrendered because they ran out of ammunition?
- ... that the British Levant Company avoided a fatal mistake of other chartered companies by paying their consuls and ambassadors a pension, so that they would not impose taxes on merchants for personal gain?
- ... that there were no women among the 172 deputies elected to the Parliament of Syria in the 1961 parliamentary elections?
- ... that according to The New York Times, the "overwhelmingly young" Local Coordination Committees of Syria are starting to "emerge as a pivotal force" in Syria?
- ... that the arrest of the Ghassanid ruler Al-Mundhir ibn al-Harith in 581 provoked a two-year revolt by his sons against the Byzantine Empire?
- ... that when Frankish Crusaders ran out of food after the Siege of Maarat in 1098, they proceeded to massacre the city's Saracen inhabitants and eat them?
- ... that a chance discovery in 1928 by a local farmer in Minet el-Beida led to the excavation of ancient Ugarit in Syria?
- ... that al-Mansur Ibrahim, the Ayyubid governor of Hims, ended Khwarezmid power in Syria after defeating them in a battle near Lake Hims?
- ... that Sultan al-Atrash's decisive victory near the town of al-Mazraa in 1925, inspired Syrian nationalists in Damascus and the countryside to join the rebellion against the French occupation?
- ... that the mausoleum of Saladin was rebuilt in 1898 under the patronage of German Emperor Wilhelm II after he visited Damascus and found the tomb in a state of disrepair?
- ... that in July 2003, amidst improving ties, Muhammad Mustafa Mero became the first Syrian prime minister to visit neighboring Turkey in 17 years?
- ... that nobody was ever convicted for the 1949 Menarsha synagogue attack in Syria, which left 12 people dead?
- ... that Murad Pasha Mosque in Damascus, Syria, served as a center for the Naqshbandi Sufi order?
- ... that Mureybet was a village in modern-day Syria believed to have been occupied between 10,200 and 8,000 BC?
- ... that the 1st century Greek historian Nicolaus of Damascus reported the embassy of holy men from India to the Levant, Athens and Rome during the time of Jesus?
- ... that the town of Muzayrib in southern Syria served as the first major resting place along the Hajj caravan route from Damascus to Mecca during the Ottoman era?
- ... that Niqmepa was installed as King of Ugarit, an ancient city-state in northwest Syria, by Hittite king Mursili II, who had forced his brother, Arhalba, to abdicate?
- ... that the DOX BOX International Documentary Film Festival, founded by Syrian filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia in 2008, quickly grew into the most important documentary film gathering in the Arab world?
- ... that Rémi Ochlik, who was killed in the February 2012 bombardment of Homs, won the 2012 World Press Photo contest for his photograph of a Libyan rebel fighter?
- ... that the People's Party of Syria was established in 1948 as the main opposition party to the National Party?
- ... that the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sa'd al-Dawla, was denied entry to his own capital for much of his early reign?
- ... that most of Petroleum Road, a privately owned asphalt road in the Golan Heights, is marked on maps as inaccessible to traffic because of poor road quality?
- ... that early Christian writers Jerome and Orosius believed that Philip the Arab, not Constantine the Great, was the first Christian Roman emperor?
- ... that stamps of the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force were available in Syria between September 23, 1918 and February 23, 1922?
- ... that Article 8 of the Syrian Constitution stipulates that the Ba'ath Party is the "leading party in the society and the state"?
- ... that the Syrian poet Nizar Qabbany wanted a burial in Damascus because it was the place that gave him "the alphabet of Jasmine"?
- ... that Ras Ibn Hani, a small cape located 8 km north of Latakia, Syria, was occupied almost continuously from the late Bronze Age until Byzantine times?
- ... that the city of Quneitra in Syria was captured on the last day of the Six-Day War, was later destroyed and never rebuilt, and is today preserved as a memorial to the Arab–Israeli wars?
- ... that al-Rastan, known as "Arethusa" during the Roman period in Syria, served as the first capital of the Emesani dynasty in the mid-first-century BCE?
- ... that although it ended peacefully, the Rotem Crisis of 1960 was later seen as a "trial run" for events leading to the 1967 Six-Day War?
- ... that one of the frescoes found at the royal palace in Mari, Syria, depicts in the center the "investiture of Zimrilim" by a warrior-goddess, most probably Ishtar?
- ... that Safaitic inscriptions, graffiti written by Bedouin in the Syrian Desert between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD, can be written boustrophedon - from left to right then vice versa?
- ... that WikiLeaks' Syria Files showed relations that Finmeccanica and Brown Lloyd James had with Syrian authorities during the Syrian uprising?
- ... that Abdel Hamid Sarraj, at age 35, was the minister of interior in the United Arab Republic and the most powerful Syrian official in the UAR?
- ... that after pressure from his mamluks, the Burji sultan Sayf ad-Din Inal supported James II with a naval fleet in his attempt to gain the throne of Cyprus?
- ... that the 10th-century Hamdanid prince Sayf al-Dawla is said to have fought against the Byzantines in over 40 battles?
- ... that Pope Sergius I successfully avoided arrest by the Byzantine protospatharios after rejecting the canons of the Quinisext Council?
- ... that Bouthaina Shaaban, a former Minister of Expatriates of Syria, has been described as the Syrian "regime's face to the outside world"?
- ... that the Battle of Shaizar in 1111, between King Baldwin I of Jerusalem's Crusader army and a Seljuk army led by Mawdud bin Altuntash of Mosul, ended in a tactical draw?
- ... that during the 1860 clashes, a Muslim force from Sheikh Miskin saved the Christian population of Daraa from attack by local Druze?
- ... that Tracey Shelton had to run from the debris cloud after photographing the explosion from a tank shell in Aleppo, Syria, that killed three opposition fighters?
- ... that "Palestinian archaeology" can refer to a field of archaeological inquiry known as Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and more recently, to archaeological research conducted by Palestinians themselves?
- ... that Abdulbaset Sieda, the new head of the opposition Syrian National Council, used to be a university professor in Libya?
- ... that the earliest Syrian immigrants in the United States arrived in the 1880s?
- ... that in 1975, Iraq threatened to bomb the Tabqa Dam when Syria reduced the water flow of the Euphrates to fill the lake behind the dam?
- ... that because the Sassanid commander Kardarigan ordered his army's water supplies destroyed prior to the Battle of Solachon, many of his men died of thirst and water poisoning after the battle?
- ... that according to T. E. Lawrence, the Syrian town of Tafas was the site of an infamous massacre perpetrated by retreating Ottoman troops during World War I?
- ... that Talbiseh, a small Syrian city, has been repeatedly attacked by the Syrian Army throughout the ongoing Syrian uprising for being a major opposition stronghold?
- ... that a spring in the town of Tedef al-Yahud, Syria, is said to have been used by Ezra the Scribe 2,400 years ago?
- ... that the archaeological mound at Tell Aran in northern Syria is the largest tell in the Aleppo region?
- ... that in the mid-fourth millennium BC, at the "Eye Temple" at Nagar in northeastern Syria, hundreds of "eye idol" figurines with large watchful eyes were added to the very mortar used to build the temple?
- ... that the owner of the prehistoric Tell Ezou in Syria has expressed an interest to turn it into an olive plantation?
- ... that finds at the prehistoric Neolithic Tell Ghoraifé, located 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Damascus, Syria, show the evolution that took place over a millennium, from wild to domesticated barley?
- ... that Tell Halaf in Syria contains the archaeological remains of a Neolithic culture characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs?
- ... that the first settlers of Tell Halula brought fully domesticated forms of wheat, barley and flax from somewhere else, circa 7750 BC?
- ... that pottery boat models found at Tell Mashnaqa, northeastern Syria, suggest that people of the Khabur region had already made use of boats for transport and fishing by c. 5000 BC, if not before?
- ... that the prehistoric Neolithic Tell Ramad, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Damascus in Syria, is considered one of the few sites fundamental to our understanding of the origin of agriculture?
- ... that the Syrian city of Tell Rifaat dates back to the Iron Age when it was an Aramaean settlement known as "Arpad"?
- ... that a stele of Egyptian king Seti I was found built into the wall of a local house in the village of Tell Shihab in southern Syria?
- ... that the "Valley of Tears" in the Golan Heights was so named after it became the site of a major battle in the Yom Kippur War?
- ... that there are 165 dams in Syria, with a total storage capacity of 19,599 million m3?
- ... that flooding of the Tishrin Dam reservoir in Syria was postponed so that three houses found at the archaeological site of Jerf el-Ahmar could be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere?
- ... that the Yalbugha Mosque was built in 1264 by Mamluk princes in Damascus, Syria?
- ... that in Lebanon, the spice mixture Za'atar is thought to bring physical strength and keep the mind alert?
- ... that Ottoman sultan Selim I ordered construction of a tower in Ghabaghib, a stop on the hajj route from Damascus?
- ... that the second-millennium-BC stele of Baal with Thunderbolt shows the king of Ugarit receiving divine protection from the Semitic god of storm Baʿal?
- ... that during the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925, al-Qurayya served as the chief meeting place for the sheikhs of local rebel clans?
- ... that Ibrahim Hananu, the leader of the 1919 Syrian Revolt, was born in the northern Syrian town of Kafr Takharim?
- ... that the Roman Theatre at Apamea in Syria is one of the largest surviving theatres of the Roman world?
- ... that the Roman Theatre at Palmyra in Syria was left unfinished with only the ima cavea?
- ... that the Roman Harbaqa Dam in the Syrian Desert was reused by the Umayyads in the eighth century to supply water to the nearby palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi?
- ... that the Hamdanid emir of Mosul, Abu Taghlib, was attacked by the Buyid 'Izz al-Dawla, but later allied himself with him against the latter's cousin 'Adud al-Dawla?
- ... that Bab al-Faraj is the only surviving city wall gate in Damascus that was added after the Muslim conquest?
- ... that the Syrian village of al-Ziyarah has been identified as the ancient Aramaean town of "Ziara"?
- ... that in his documentary film al-Manam, Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas interviews Palestinian refugees in Lebanon about their dreams?
- ... that Robert fitz-Fulk, the lord of Zardana in Syria, became a powerful figure in the Principality of Antioch due to the town's strategic importance?
- ... that whosoever erases the inscription on the Statue of Iddi-Ilum of ancient Mari, "will have his line wiped out by Inanna"?
- ... that Free Syrian Army general Ahmad al-Fajj prohibited Islamists from serving under his command during the Siege of Base 46?
- ... that the Crusaders under Bohemond I of Antioch exacted a large tribute from the Muslim residents of al-Muslimiyah following their capture of the village in 1103?
- ... that during the early 20th century, Halfaya, in central Syria, was a village where collective farming was practiced by the twelve clans who inhabited it?
- ... that the fourth-century Byzantine mosaic discovered in Maryamin, in central Syria, is one of the few artifacts that give an indication on how the organ instrument was used in antiquity?
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