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Damascus International Airport (Arabic: مَطَار دِمَشْق الدَّوْلِيّ, romanized: Maṭār Dimašq ad-Duwaliyy) (IATA: DAM, ICAO: OSDI) is the international airport of Damascus, the capital of Syria. Inaugurated in the mid-1970s, it also was the country's busiest airport.
Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref. Damascus Abkhazia Embassy 2024 [35] Australia Embassy 1999 [36] Azerbaijan Embassy [a]: 2012 [37] Belarus Embassy 2024 [35] [38] [39]
Damascus (/ d ə ˈ m æ s k ə s / də-MAS-kəs, UK also / d ə ˈ m ɑː s k ə s / də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشْق, romanized: Dimašq) is the largest city in Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
Transport in Syria is possible by rail, road, air or rivers, both public and private.Syria is an Asian country with a well-developed rail network (2,052 km) and a highway system (782 km).
Administratively, Damascus Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, is divided into 16 municipalities (Arabic: بلدية, romanized: baladiyah).Every municipal district is managed by an elected mayor, which in turn is divided into 95 districts (Arabic: الحي hayy), [1] each headed by a mayor, and they all participate in the election of the Damascus city council. [2]
Damascus is surrounded by the Ghouta, an irrigated farmland where many vegetables, cereals, and fruits have been farmed since ancient times. The governorate occupies an area of 107 km 2 , 79 km 2 of which is urban while the rest is occupied by Mount Qasioun which overlooks the city.
The 1920 capture of Damascus was the final stage of the Franco-Syrian War, when French forces captured Damascus with little resistance.The Arab Kingdom of Syria was brought to an end and the French mandate of Syria was put into effect.
La Caserne Hamidieh - previous headquarter of the Syrian University, is the Faculty of Law building Aerial view of the headquarter in 1933. In 1901, the establishment of the Office of the School of Medicine in Damascus was approved and in 1903 this school, which is the nucleus of the university, opened.