An gwabza yakin Sanita-al-Uqab a shekara ta 634 tsakanin dakarun daular Rashidun karkashin jagorancin Khalid bn al-Walid a kan rundunar Rumawa da Sarkin Ruma Heraclius ya aiko domin ceto sansanin da aka yi wa kawanya na Damascus.A kan gaba wajen yakin, sojojin halifanci sun yi niyyar ware birnin Damascus daga sauran yankunan;Khalid ya sanya runduna ta kudu a kan hanyar zuwa Falasdinu da kuma a arewa kan hanyar Damascus-Emesa, da kuma wasu kananan runduna da dama kan hanyoyin zuwa Damascus.Waɗannan ɓangarorin za su yi aiki ne a matsayin ƴan leƙen asiri kuma a matsayin sojojin jinkirta yaƙi da ƙarfafawar Byzantine.Heraclius ta reinforcements da aka intercepted, kuma ko da yake sun farko tsiwirwirinsu na sama hannun, aka rinjayi a al Uqab (Eagle) Pass a lõkacin da Khalid da kaina isa tare da reinforcements.