Ebla, French Mandate of Syria, Umayyad Caliphate, Aramaeans, Amorite, Damascus, Military of Syria, Ba'ath Party, Syrian Communist Party, Religion in Syria, Freedom of religion in Syria, Christianity in Syria, Hims, Muawiyah I, Antioch, Faisal I of Iraq, Yom Kippur War, Syrian Wars 1, Hama massacre,