Al-Dimas
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Al-Dimas (also known as Ad Dimas) is a town in Syria, located west of the capital city of Damascus
. It has an elevation of 1276m above sea level.
Ad Dimas is known as the location where a Canadian peacekeeping aircraft
crashed after being shot down by three Syrian Surface-to-air missile
s on August 9, 1974.
Damascus
Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
. It has an elevation of 1276m above sea level.
Ad Dimas is known as the location where a Canadian peacekeeping aircraft
Buffalo 461
Buffalo 461 was a Canadian military De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo assigned to the second United Nations Emergency Force force in Syria in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 340...
crashed after being shot down by three Syrian Surface-to-air missile
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
s on August 9, 1974.