Rif Dimashq
في ممر ميسلون في سلسلة جبال لبنان الشرقية، على بُعد نحو 25 كيلومترًا غرب دمشق، قاتلت قوات المملكة العربية السورية قصيرة العمر الجيش الفرنسي في 24 يوليو 1920.…
At the Maysalun pass in the Anti-Lebanon mountains, about 25 kilometres west of Damascus, the forces of the short-lived Arab Kingdom of Syria fought the French army on 24 July 1920. The war minister Yusuf al-Azma led the heavily outnumbered defenders and was killed in the battle, and the French entered Damascus the next day. His tomb stands on the battlefield and is a national memorial, visited by Syrians every year on the anniversary of the battle.