Complex sentence: College of Medicine is the nucleus of the University of Damascus, and its founding date back to 1903 when the medical school opened branches: medicine and pharmacy after a bitter struggle and great efforts of the men of the Syrian Arab intellectuals during the Ottoman occupation.
Split into simpler sentences: College of Medicine is the nucleus of the University of Damascus. It was founded in 1903 when the medical school opened branches in medicine and pharmacy after a bitter struggle and great efforts of the men of the Syrian Arab intellectuals during the Ottoman occupation.