Kiswe, Syria
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Kiswe is a small city in Syria
, located approximately 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Damascus. It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar
, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad
.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
, located approximately 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Damascus. It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar
Battle of Marj al-Saffar
The Battle of Marj al-Suffar, also known as the Battle of Shaqhab, took place on April 20 through April 22, 1303 between the Mamluks and the Mongols near Kiswe, Syria, just south of Damascus...
, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad
Adnan Awad
Adnan Awad was a Captain in the Palestinian Liberation Army who joined the 15 May Organization and prepared to bomb the Noga Hilton hotel in Geneva, Switzerland on August 31, 1982, but instead fled the scene and later turned himself into the American embassy and claimed he wanted to renounce any...
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