Sixteenth of Jumada II:

It happened on this day,,

* Year 13 AH / August 634 AD: The victory of the Romans over the Muslims in the battle of “Marj Al-Safar”, And that in the beginnings of the Muslim conquest of the Levant, This made the friend Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, send four armies to conquer the Levant.

* Year 587 AH / July 1191 AD: The city of Acre falls to the Crusaders led by Richard the Lionheart, One of the leaders of the Third Crusade, After a glorious defense from her people.

* Year 923 AH / July 1517 AD: The Hijaz entered the possession of the Ottomans after the Sharif of Mecca Barakat II sent the keys to the Kaaba and the purified kindergarten to the Ottoman Sultan Selim I.

* In 950 AH / September 1543 AD the signing of a treaty between the Ottomans and France to manage the French port of Toulon, The Ottoman flag was raised on the port and French personnel withdrew from the port, The Ottomans raised the call to prayer.

* Year 1389 AH / August 1969 AD: The hijacking of the «American passenger plane No. 840» by Laila Khaled and Salim Al-Issa Wei between the Los Angeles line and the occupied Tel Al-Rabie and diverts its course to Damascus and then blows it up after disembarking its passengers.

* The sixteenth of Jumada II: In 1415 AH / November 1994 AD A bus explosion in the Dizengoff market in Tel Aviv killed 22 people and injured 248. Hamas claims responsibility for the operation.

* Year 1427 AH / July 2006 AD Lebanese Hezbollah captures two Zionist soldiers and kills 8, This led to Israel launching a 33-day war on Lebanon.

Prepared by/a. Mohamed Hamdi Maddokh