Damascus

Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.

I jokingly asked him how he got the award: “Did you dress up like Lady Gaga in Damascus?”

And the valley hosts a hodgepodge of homegrown Syrian-American groups—some with close ties to the government in Damascus.

Rowaida Yousef, as she calls herself, used to be a math teacher and citizen journalist in Damascus.

Her arrest came at a checkpoint in Damascus in June 2013, when soldiers spotted an audio recorder in her bag.

John of Damascus, an important Greek theologian of the eighth century, often cited by Thomas.

Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad.

Damascus is a considerable city, and in the time of the Persian empire was nearly the most distinguished place in that country.

It was decided that our Hamath friend should go at once to Damascus, while I awaited word from him whether my presence was needed.