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Damascus
[duh-mas-kuhs]
noun
a city in and the capital of Syria, in the SW part: reputed to be the oldest continuously existing city in the world.
Damascus
/ -ˈmæs-, dəˈmɑːskəs /
noun
Arabic names: Dimashq. Esh Sham. the capital of Syria, in the southwest: reputedly the oldest city in the world, having been inhabited continuously since before 2000 bc Pop: 2 317 000 (2005 est)
Damascus
1An ancient city in Syria (and still its capital today). The Apostle Paul, then an official called Saul, was on his way from Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem) to Damascus to arrest Christians (see also Christian). He underwent a dramatic conversion on the road, in which he fell from his horse, saw a dazzling light, and “heard a voice saying unto him, ‘Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? … I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.’”
Damascus
2Capital of Syria and largest city in the country, located in southwestern Syria; the country's administrative, financial, and communications center.
Example Sentences
Sweden's migration minister said Thursday that the country would cooperate with Damascus to increase deportations of Syrians convicted of crimes in Sweden, saying it was a condition for some aid.
In Damascus, Father Makarios Qalouma from a Greek Catholic parish said he was keen for the visit to bring "hope and peace" to Lebanon and Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday also drew a rebuke from Damascus and others in the region after visiting Israeli troops deployed in a buffer zone inside Syria.
Many thousands likely died in a single facility, Saydnaya prison outside of Damascus, where guards would hang dozens and sometimes hundreds of detainees at a time.
Yet Damascus’s fostering instability by excluding and massacring communities will undermine that opportunity by inviting renewed foreign interference.
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