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a drive in the city of Darayya, southwest of Damascus, on Monday, August 28, 2022..
Darayya is one of the oldest cities in Syria, reportedly the place where Paul the Apostle had his conversion (30s AD), "on Damascus road".
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Daraya as being located in the Wady el-'Ajam, and being populated by Muslims and Christians.
Patriarch Gregory III Laham, the former leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was born here on 15 December 1933 as Lutfy Laham.
The city had a population of 131,501 as of 2004, making it the 19th largest city per geographical entity in Syria. Darayya has an altitude of 689 metres (2,260 feet).