One section of this city was renamed al-Hariqa, or "the fire", after it was burned during a French bombing campaign.
year old lawyer Yusuf al-Findalawi fought and died while defending this city during a siege. A state centered on this city reached its peak under Hazael, who, on the Tel Dan Stele, recorded the first known non-Biblical reference to King David. Abdelkader el Djezairi protected many Christians in his home during the 1860 massacre of Christians in this city, for which Abraham Lincoln sent him a pair of pistols. One section of this city was renamed al-Hariqa, or "the fire", after it was burned during a French bombing campaign. This city's largest mosque is dedicated to (*) St. John the Baptist and supposedly contains his head. The 1148 siege of this city was broken by Nur ad-Din and ended the Second Crusade. For 10 points, name this capital of the Umayyad Caliphate and modern Syria.
year old lawyer Yusuf al-Findalawi fought and died while defending this city during a siege.
Damascus