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Damascus, Syria
LOCATION
Population:
2,000,000 BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Bashar al-Assad |
Head of State |
11-Sep-1965 |
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Syrian president |
| 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 |
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| Hafez al-Assad |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1930 |
10-Jun-2000 |
President of Syria, 1971-2000 |
| Naaman Belkind |
Spy |
1889 |
16-Dec-1917 |
Israeli spy |
| 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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