October War Panorama (Damascus)

Syria / Damaskus / Damascus
 museum, exhibition center, war memorial, war museum
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War (Arabic: حرب أكتوبر‎ ḥarb ʾUktōbar or حرب تشرين ḥarb Tišrīn; Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים‎ Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim or מלחמת יום כיפור Milẖemet Yom Kipur; ), also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria.

This facility and the Cairo October War Panorama are modeled on the "Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War Museum" in Pyongyang, North Korea. They were constructed by the Mansudae Overseas Construction Company. Learn more here:
www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/12/02/syrias-tishreen-war-pano...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_War
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Coordinates:   33°32'7"N   36°19'16"E
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