Damietta
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Damietta
A town in the Nile delta in Egypt.
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Along with King John, who was elected leader of the crusade, the fleets sailed to Egypt and besieged Damietta at the mouth of the Nile in May.
A man raises a brick overhead as supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi beat an opposition protester in downtown Damietta, Egypt, July 3, 2013.
Earlier this month, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Tarek Al-Molla announced that production at the giant Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean north of Damietta was expected to start in October.
The crusade lay siege of Damietta and hundreds of soldiers were killed in the attempt to repel it.
The Zifta dam, on the Damietta branch of the Nile, was added in 1901.
The crusaders were unable to cross the Nile, and, suffering from disease and lack of supplies, retreated towards Damietta in April.