Red Crescent

Red Crescent is a hospital in , . Red Crescent is situated nearby to the hospital , as well as near the military installation .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Aqsab Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of , the capital of , is one of the largest and oldest in the world. is situated 1 km south of Red Crescent.

Mosque
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Al-Aqsab Mosque or Al-Qasab Mosque, also known as Al-Sadat Mosque, is an Ayyubid-era Sunni and mausoleum in , . is situated 270 metres south of Red Crescent.

Military installation
The General Intelligence Directorate, also known as the General Security Directorate or Syrian GID, was the most important civil intelligence service of former Ba'athist Syria and played an important role of suppressing the people of Syria for the government's interests. is situated 160 metres east of Red Crescent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Quarter
is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of , . It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.

Red Crescent

Latitude
33.52038° or 33° 31′ 13″ north
Longitude
36.3101° or 36° 18′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G5RG8C6+52
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48126786
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­hospital
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
healthcare=­hospital
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In Other Languages

“Red Crescent” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مشفى الهلال الأحمر”

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