[2] The current presidential palace sits atop Mount Mazzeh and overlooks all of Damascus.

[6] It was still a separate village at the time of the Ottoman conquest of Syria, and in 1535 it had a recorded population of 150 households, along with 35 bachelors and a resident Imam.

Compton Mackenzie later described it at the time as being "a large village standing at the junction of the road from Damascus to Beirut and Quneitra".

[8] In 2012, during the Syrian civil war, residents participated in anti-government protests, resulting in arrests.

[10] In December 2024, the neighborhood gained notoriety for being identified as the place where Syrian revolutionary leader, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, had spent his childhood.