Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine" (), Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.

thumb|right|Italian silk polychrome damasks, 14th century Damask (; ) is a woven, reversible patterned fabric. Damasks are woven by periodically reversing the action of the warp and weft threads. The pattern is most commonly created with a warp-faced satin weave and the ground with a weft-faced or sateen weave.

governorate of Syria

Ghouta ( / ALA-LC: Ḡūṭat Dimašq) is a countryside area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.

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Registered market for equities and bonds

prison in Damascus

goat breed

military unit

place in Damascus Governorate, Syria

pigeon breed

park in Syria