Damascus, Syria

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Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Population:
2,000,000

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Bashar al-Assad Head of State 11-Sep-1965 President of Syria

Damascius Philosopher 480 AD ? Last Neoplatonist philosopher

John of Damascus Religion c. 676 AD 4-Dec-749 AD Early scholastic church father

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Hafez al-Assad Head of State 6-Oct-1930 10-Jun-2000 President of Syria, 1971-2000

Ibn Al-Baitar Botanist c. 1197 c. 1248 Muslim botanist and pharmacist

Naaman Belkind Spy 1889 16-Dec-1917 Israeli spy

Henry Thomas Buckle Historian 24-Nov-1821 29-May-1862 History of Civilisation in England

Eli Cohen Spy 26-Dec-1924 18-May-1965 Israel's greatest spy

Imad Fayez Mugniyah Terrorist 7-Dec-1962 12-Feb-2008 Hezbollah International terror wing

Saladin Royalty c. 1137 4-Mar-1193 Retook Jerusalem in 1187

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