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For many Damascenes, the dominant feelings are a mix of joy and trepidation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Loveday Morris and Ahmed Ramadan report from Beirut: While potential options for military intervention were debated in the West, Damascenes did what little they could to prepare.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2013

In a cruel but effective bit of psychological warfare, Israeli Arab-language radio broadcasts taunted Damascenes, telling them to close the shutters on their houses and hang out white flags.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ending the first sequence in the latest round of shuttle diplomacy in Damascus last week, Kissinger was hailed by Damascenes as "al mu'allim," literally the boss who makes things happen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The women of Baalbec are esteemed the handsomest of the neighbouring country, and many Damascenes marry Baalbec girls.

From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by Burckhardt, John Lewis