The Council of Acre decided to attack this city, which was allied to Jerusalem during the Second Crusade.
Khalid al-Walid's forces did not destroy this city because the Byzantine Thomas surrendered to another general at one gate while Khalid's forces rushed in from another gate. One theologian from this city wrote a seminal work which summarized Christian theology until then in the "Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith." A monk named John from this city defended the use of (*) icons. Its most famous mosque was ordered to be constructed by Al-Walid I, but was burned by Tamerlane when he conquered this city. The Council of Acre decided to attack this city, which was allied to Jerusalem during the Second Crusade. Muawiya made this city the capital of the expanding Umayyad Caliphate. For 10 points, name this Syrian city, its capital.
Khalid al-Walid's forces did not destroy this city because the Byzantine Thomas surrendered to another general at one gate while Khalid's forces rushed in from another gate.
Damascus