This Date in History: Ascalon Surrenders to Saladin
Wednesday August 10, 2005
August 10, 1187: The city of Ascalon surrenders to Saladin and Muslim forces re-establish control over the region. By the following month Saladin would also control the cities of Nablus, Jaffa, Toron, Sidon, Gaza ,and Ramala, completing a ring around the prize, Jerusalem.
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