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What does Damascus mean?
Definitions in simple English
Damascus
Damascus
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Simple sentences
Damascus is a beautiful town.
Damascus is Syria's capital.
Where is Damascus?
Damascus is in Syria.
The Arabs declared an independent country with its capital at Damascus, but this was quickly divided into various colonies by the English and French.
Damascus is the capital of Syria.
Movie subtitles
You even thought that beggar in Damascus was a barrister in disguise.
Northeast to Damascus?
In no time, you'll have the population of Damascus against the walls, and you've ended all resistance.
He'd been operating a gambling house in Damascus.
An American in Damascus.
I shouldn't have come to Damascus.
Here in Damascus is opportunity.
If you're not out of Damascus in 12 hours, you'll be shot.
Get back to Damascus, Abidor.
Fine Damascus silk.
I had the honor to shake his hand in Damascus.
I think it is far from Damascus.
We'll have you in Damascus, sir.
Have you been in Damascus, Mr. Lawrence?
One would be enough. You thought that beggar in Damascus was a barrister.
Dreaming won't get you to Damascus, but discipline will.
I'm coming from Damascus.
He robbed all burdocks from here to Damascus.
My father was consul first in London and then in Damascus.
Damascus?
I had the honour to shake his hand in Damascus.
We'll have you in Damascus, sir. Never fear.
Look, I'm making my big push on Damascus the 16th of next month and you are part of it.
They'll be coming for Damascus.
But I'm going to give them Damascus.
Damascus!
I tell you, sir, I think he'll get to Damascus before we do.
News and current affairs
Of course, claims and counter-claims have been swirling in the aftermath of the appalling chemical-weapons attack on a rebel-controlled area east of Damascus.
The Damascus meeting reflects Iran's view of Israeli-Arab peace as a major strategic threat, because it would condemn it to isolation in a hostile Arab environment free of its conflict with Israel.
The Ba'athist regime in Damascus is marked by two major formative experiences: Hafez al-Assad's loss of the Golan Heights to Israel, and his son Bashar's loss of Lebanon.
Of course, this conference will not bring an end to the Damascus-Tehran axis.
Although regional in scope and with a colorful international board of advisors, the Tharwa Project (Tharwa means wealth in Arabic) is based in Damascus and will be run from there.
Rather, its interests are defined in Damascus and Teheran, where much of its arsenal originates.
Agreement was imminent when the Hamas leadership abroad (which is based in Damascus) ordered the attack on a military post in Israel in which several soldiers were killed and one was abducted.
In January, Khaled Mashal, the leader of Hamas's Damascus-based political bureau, embarked on a diplomatic initiative of his own, and was hosted by King Abdullah of Jordan - the first such visit in more than a decade.
Thus, Mashal has attempted to close ranks with Fatah, and is seeking to move Hamas's Diaspora headquarters from Damascus - a powerful symbol of his efforts at re-invention.
The loss of Damascus would cost Iran its influence in Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine in one fell swoop.
In Amman, Damascus, Istanbul, and Beirut I met dozens of people who have a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country.
No one wants to see the streets of Damascus consumed in protest, or a violent confrontation erupt between protesters and security forces.
Consequently, there are no normal diplomatic relations between the two countries - no Syrian embassy in Beirut and no Lebanese embassy in Damascus.
The Syrian government itself has realized that it must demonstrate its willingness for dialogue by offering Israel unconditional negotiations, receiving the Iraqi and Palestinian presidents for talks in Damascus, and supporting intra-Palestinian talks.
Life in Damascus, despite increasing shortages, seems almost normal.
Perhaps most strikingly, while some governments have closed their embassies in Damascus (citing safety considerations), there has been no systematic severing of diplomatic relations with Syria.
Indeed, there has been no stoppage of flights to and from the country, or any other measures that could tilt the population of Damascus and Aleppo against the regime and bring the crisis to an end.
The Ottoman Empire raised funds from pious Muslims (and brought in German technicians) to lay a railway from Damascus to Medina.
The United Nations Security Council has been split and ineffective, and even Russia seems to be gradually losing the leverage it once had in Damascus.
They are used to dealing with autocrats in Cairo, Damascus, and Amman, and now fear the consequences of an Arab foreign policy that genuinely responds to the voice of the people.
The recent allegation by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that Syria is smuggling war materiel into Iraq raises the ominous prospect that America's attention will turn toward Damascus the moment it is finished with Baghdad.
It is worth noting that the people who went into the streets of Cairo and Damascus calling for change were not shouting the slogans of Al Qaeda or supporting its agenda.
The war ended with Israeli forces 70 miles from Cairo, and less than 20 miles from Damascus, their success obscured by the shock of the surprise attack, emotional over-reactions, and the difficulty of seeing clearly through the fog of war.
A more moderate Iran would also cause Turkey to reconsider its recent shift away from the West and lead Syria to rethink its foreign-policy orientation, which would create a real opportunity for an Israeli peace deal with Damascus.