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The Presidential Palace (Arabic: قصر الشعب, lit. 'the People's Palace') is the chief official residence of the President of Syria. It is located in the west of Damascus, on Mount Mezzeh, north of Mezzeh neighborhood, next to Mount Qasioun, and overlooks the city. The main building covers 31,500 square metres (340,000 square feet).
Tishreen Palace (Arabic: قصر تشرين) is one of the official residences of the President of Syria, located in Damascus. It is located in the Ar Rabwah neighborhood, south of Mount Qasioun. The building covers 10,000 square meters (108,000 square feet). During the Syrian civil war, there were reports that rebels fired mortars at the palace ...
Syrian rebels seize state television and announce to the nation that Bashar al-Assad has been toppled and that a new government will be formed. Rebel forces seize the Presidential Palace in Damascus, which is later looted by armed soldiers and civilians. (The Guardian)
Rebel opposition fighters stormed the presidential palace in the capital Damascus on Sunday (8 December) after the fall of Syria's government. Footage shows the deserted palace with armed men inside.
It is no surprise that the Islamist rebel chose Damascus’s venerated Umayyad Mosque – not a TV studio, nor newly absented presidential palace, but a place of towering religious significance ...
WASHINGTON/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Top U.S. diplomats were expected to hold Washington's first in-person official meetings with Syria's new de facto rulers led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Damascus on ...
New Shaab Palace, on Mount Mazzeh, Damascus; Tishreen Palace, Ar Rabwah, Damascus; Al-Rawda Presidential Palace, Damascus; Al-Muhajirin Residence, Damascus; President's summer house, built for security and rapid exits on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea
Sednaya prison, operated by ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s government, is known colloquially as the “human slaughterhouse.” It is located near Damascus.-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman. Dec 9, 4 ...