Historical clue formulations

• World's oldest capital city, settled in the third millennium B.C. — 2024-03-31
• The Mideast's City of Jasmine — 2017-10-21
• Destination of Saul when he had his conversion, in the Bible — 2009-07-16
• Capital on the Barada River — 1996-04-24
• Assad's capital — 1994-11-24