Damascus, SANA- On July 24, 1920, Youssef al-Azmeh, the then Syrian Minister of Defense, was martyred along with other heroes while defending Syrian land from the French army, in a battle that took place in the town of Maysaloon, located 50 km west of Damascus, on the current border with Lebanon. In this battle, al-Azmeh faced with few men and weapons the French colonialist army led by General Ghoro, who had a large number of men and heavy and modern weapons… in that battle, al-Azmeh together with many soldiers of his army were martyred. During the years of the World War I, the Syrian people bravely and courageously resisted the greed of the invaders who planned to divide the Arab world int
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