Yusuf al-Azma Square
YUSEF AL-AZMA SQUARE, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT SQUARES IN THE CENTER OF DAMASCUS. THE SQUARE CONTAINS THE MONUMENT TO YUSEF AL-AZMA, AND IT WAS NAMED IN MEMORY OF HIM, AS A MARTYR AND COMMANDER OF THE SYRIAN ARMY IN THE BATTLE OF MAYSALOUN IN 1920. IN 2
Yusuf al-Azma Square ( / ALA-LC: sāḥat Yūsuf al-‘Aẓmah), also called al-Muhafaza Square, is an important square in central Damascus, Syria. Named after the late minister of war Yusuf al-Azma where his statue stands in the middle of the square.