Yusuf al-'Azma Statue (Damascus)

Syria / Damaskus / Damascus / العظم
 statue, monument, roundabout / traffic circle
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General Yusuf al-Azma in military uniform as Minister of War in Syria.Yusuf Al-Azmah (other spellings: Yousef Al-Azama, Yusuf Al-Azmeh, Yousef Al-Azmeh) (1883 – July 24, 1920) was the Syrian Minister of War and Chief of Staff under Prince (then King) Faisal (later to become Faisal I of Iraq) from 1918 to 1920.

Al-Azmah( Turkish Family, NOT Kurdish) graduated from the Ottoman Military Academy in Istanbul in 1906. He served as a General in the Ottoman army, and led Turkish (Ottoman) army in the Caucus, before joining the Arab revolt against the Ottomans which gave Syria its independence in 1918.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_al-'Azma
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Coordinates:   33°30'58"N   36°17'42"E

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  • On this square, there's an office where you can book in advance bus tickets to Tadmor (Palmira) and other places. Ask them to erite you a note in Arabic - "Take this person to the bus station where buses start to [where you need to go], please" - for a taxi driver :)
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