Health Care Facilities in Damascus in Ruins

Damascus is the largest city in Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially …
Damascus is the largest city in Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
  • Country: Syria
  • Elevation: 680 m (2,230 ft)
  • Area code(s): Country code: 963, City code: 11
  • Region: Arab States
  • Governorate: Damascus Governorate, Capital City
  • Control: Syrian transitional government
  • First settlement: Tell Ramad

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