Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị Ottoman wuru ogige ahụ na ngwụsị narị afọ nke iri na itoolu. E ji ígwè na simenti, ihe ndị ọhụrụ e ji arụ ọrụ na Damaskọs n'oge ahụ, rụọ postọfịs ọhụrụ na ọchịchị obodo n'ebe ahụ. Ndị Ottoman gburu ndị ọrụ nchekwa mba Siria asaa n'ihu ọha n'ámá ahụ n'ụbọchị ndị nwụrụ n'ihi okwukwe ha, 6 Mee 1916, ọ bụ n'ihi nke a ka a na-akpọ ya "Martyrs' Square". Mgbe ndị France weghaara Siria, ha gara n'ihu iji ogige ahụ maka otu nzube ahụ. Fakhri Hassan al-Kharrat, nwa nke
A kwụgburu onye ndu Nnukwu Ntughari Syria, Hasan al-Kharrat, ebe ahụ na 1925-26. N'abalị iri na asatọ nke ọnwa Mee n'afọ 1965, a kwụgburu onye nledo Israel bụ Eli Cohen n'ihu ọha na Marjeh Square.