{"id":658,"date":"2023-12-02T16:58:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T09:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.110cities.net\/?post_type=cities&#038;p=658"},"modified":"2026-09-30T02:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:52:30","slug":"damascus-homs","status":"publish","type":"cities","link":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/mr\/cities\/damascus-homs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0926\u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0938\/\u0939\u094b\u092e\u094d\u0938"},"featured_media":659,"template":"","class_list":["post-658","cities","type-cities","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DAMASCUSHOMS_Page_1_Image_0001-1200x1737.jpg","ams_acf":[{"key":"country","label":"Country","value":"SYRIA"},{"key":"writeup","label":"Writeup","value":"<p data-start=\"288\" data-end=\"832\">I live in <strong data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"310\">Damascus<\/strong>, the city once called <em data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"359\">\u201cthe pearl of the East.\u201d<\/em> Even now, as I walk its streets, I can still feel echoes of its former beauty \u2014 the fragrance of jasmine, the call to prayer rising between ancient stones, the hum of markets that never truly sleep. 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