Damascus

There were at least three occasions on which Paul had seen Christ. On the road to Damascus, in Corinth and in Jerusalem.

Life in Damascus remains normal, on the surface at least.

"They are playing for time and trying to take the wind out of the demonstrations, " says one observer in Damascus.

It is said that saint Paul converted to Christianity after seeing the fantastic transformed image of Jesus on his way to Damascus.

"We need to say ok to it and put the ball in the regime's court, " says one of the few veteran dissidents left in Damascus.

20Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.

Syria's official news agency says three security personnel have been killed while trying to defuse a bomb near Damascus.

By Sunday evening in Damascus, there was a growing sense of despair and impotence among opposition figures and international officials.

He said one purpose of the Armitage mission will be to keep the heat, and the spotlight, on the Damascus government.

He knew what God had done with him on that road to Damascus.

A decade or two ago Damascus offered just a handful of restaurants serving typical Syrian cuisine.

An official of the US embassy in Damascus said the embassy was attacked by a mob and sustained physical damage. No personnel were injured.

And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias.

Even as he left the border city to return to work in Damascus, Abdullah said he saw lines of tank-carrying lorries steaming south.

He resurfaced in the regime's hands in Damascus, where he made a televised retraction of his previous rebellious statements.

The blade is random pattern damascus and I have to say that Steve managed to "randomly" produce quite a mesmerizing effect.

And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

Take a good Syrian friend of mine. I invited him to a Chinese restaurant in Damascus a few years back. It was an experience for both of us.

Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

Witnesses in the capital Damascus say that the strike did not appear to have attracted much support in the more visible parts of the city.

Protests began to spring up in the central square in Damascus and then moved south to Dara'a.

Meanwhile in Damascus, several protests took place in different locations in the city as well as nearby by suburbs and towns.

Paul tells us first of all what he was like before Christ met him on the road to Damascus.

And as I could not see because of the glory of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

I grind one of its face yesterday, but I can't see it has been collapsed before, but I discover its Damascus veins.

'Damascus blade, bone handle, easy to carry in suitcase. '

Mr al-Arabi said the reform package he discussed in Damascus will now be put to the council of the Arab League on Monday.

Protests have taken place in several other Syrian towns, including Homs, Banias, Deir ez-Zor and even, in a small way, Damascus itself.

Three protesters were reported to have been killed in a district of Damascus and at least two more in Latakia.

Damascus claimed it had begun withdrawing from some areas, Mr Annan added.

Turkey for more than a year has mediated between Tel Aviv and Damascus. But efforts collapsed with the Israeli attack on Gaza.

And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by my companions, I came to Damascus.

And that's exactly why Allawi shuttled to Damascus for the meeting: He needs Sadr if he hopes to become prime minister.

From the interwar period a number of schools sprang up in Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus and Tunis.

Dorothy Parvaz left Doha, Qatar, on a flight headed for Damascus, Syria on Friday, and al-Jazeera has had no contact with her since.

The Druze boss, one of the Middle East's more accurate weathervanes, is far from alone in pointing to Damascus, Syria's capital.

The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.

Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

In Damascus, Hamas announced that the six-month-old Gaza truce with Israel would not be renewed when it expires on Friday.

Protesters on Syria's streets say that the better-known internal dissidents spend too much time currying favour with diplomats in Damascus.

The men hope citizens in Damascus and Aleppo will join the protests, yet they fear it will turn into a stalemate.

Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus.

On his way to Damascus, he encountered other signs which changed his life.

With it, the war invaded a campus that, like much of Damascus, the Syrian capital, had done its best to go about its business.

A large explosion has struck close to a military compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, near a hotel used by the UN's observer mission.

Some of it, like a horse in Damascus, the head of one angle, it is difficult to tame animals.

Regime forces hit back in a dangerous escalation of what rebels have called the battle for the liberation of Damascus.

Back in central Damascus, the sun is shining and all seems quiet.

Other military operations are reported in towns near Damascus and Homs and a village near the Lebanese border.

Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus , saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

The highest casualties reported were in Duma, a suburb of Damascus, where a woman and a 16-year-old were named among those who died.

Washington has tried to persuade Ankara, as one of Syria's most influential neighbours, to increase pressure on Damascus.

But Russia and China voted against the referral, making it unlikely that any measure against Damascus would be agreed in New York.

As her son meets with a specialist in a park in Damascus, she says that she learned about autism at first on the Internet.

The talks in Damascus were feared to have collapsed over differences on policy with Israel and control of the Palestinian security forces.

President Assad spoke to the parliament in Damascus, in a rare address broadcast widely across the Middle East.

Turkey for more than a year has mediated between Tel Aviv and Damascus.

Supporters of Assad pelted Ford with eggs on Thursday as he visited Hassan Abdul-Azim, an opposition figure in Damascus.

Security forces in Syria have opened fire on anti-government protesters near Damascus, killing at least 10 people.

St Paul is said to have converted to religion on the road to Damascus after seeing a blinding vision of Jesus.

In Damascus, after Friday prayers, at least two hundred people demonstrated in support of the people of Daraa.

People stand outside a bakery in one of the popular neighborhoods of Damascus. Many Iraqi refugees have settled there.

Neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and again returned to Damascus.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?

As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

To put it in Middle Eastern terms, sir, this new platform has connected Detroit and Damascus and Dara'a.

They used the technology of Damascus steel while producing barrels in participation of a talented constructor Mosin.

And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

It was the center of the orthodox caliphate until 661, when the Umayyad caliphate, ruling from Damascus, took over.

FOR a country with no particular predilection for fish, sushi is slowly but surely conquering Syria's capital, Damascus.

According to the report, Damascus says the uranium must have come from the Israeli missiles dropped on the building.

Depending on how the authorities in Damascus and Tehran treat them, the same may be true of Syrian and Iranian Kurds.

In Damascus, Bashar al-Assad's brutal repression of his citizens has simply put him beyond the pale.

and the business class of Damascus and Aleppo, which has done quite well out of the Assad regime.

Turkey for more than a year has mediated betweenYel Tel Aviv and Damascus.

But an all-too-brief "Damascus spring" did not last long.

Al Jazeera's Rula Amin, reporting from Damascus, said the government has reiterated that it is there to protect residents.

This typical Damascus veins. I had seen many Jian with this kind of veins. But I haven't seen the ancient Jian.

Neither went I to Jerusalem, to the apostles who were before me: but I went into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus.

I was on my first trip to the region, back in the early 90s, in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Protesters from the Damascus suburb of Douma try to march towards the centre of the capital but are dispersed by security forces.

Iraq and Syria have both recalled their ambassadors in a deepening rift over claims Damascus was harbouring militants who bombed Baghdad.

It links the capital Damascus with an enclaves that's home to the Alawite community which supports the Syrian president.

Engaged in these things, I journeyed to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

But until now, other than having his drawings banned, he and his Damascus gallery have largely been endured by the Syrian regime.

Damascus, in fact, is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on the planet.

They think money is 'safer invested in an apartment in Sloane Street than in a bank account in Damascus. '

Albright and Ross then went to Damascus to urge President Assad to respond to Barak's desire for peace talks with him soon.

Damascus, the capital of Syria (Aram), was a divisive force in the ancient world, known for its ruthlessness and treachery.

In fact, Damascus is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on the planet.

Two large explosions have shaken the centre of Syria's capital Damascus, near the military general staff headquarters.

That was the chant from the mourners at a funeral in a Damascus suburb today.

Security forces have generally used batons and teargas in Damascus to avoid inflaming protests in the heartland of the regime's power.

Israeli police broke up the protest along with another one at Damascus Gate using tear gas and stun grenades, AP reported.

In the latest move to crash anti-government protests, tanks are reported to have entered a western suburb of Damascus.

In the latest move to crush anti-government protests, tanks are reported to have entered a western suburb of Damascus.

Three people, including a 13-year-old boy, have died in an explosion at a petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus, officials say.

On Friday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets nationwide, including in the capital Damascus, shouting anti-government slogans.

Security forces were also reported to have moved into the suburbs of Damascus and the coastal town of Jableh.

But their sister never arrived. She was killed on the road from Baghdad to Damascus.

Many journalists and politicians coming through Damascus have been charmed by the Assads.

Syria's northern neighbour, Turkey, has also strengthened its ties with Damascus following the 2007 signing of a trade-agreement.

He could never forget that day on the road to Damascus when he met Jesus Christ.

They also embarrassed the State Department, which normally conducts its dealings with Damascus behind a veil of diplomatic politesse.

The Kurdish districts of Damascus and Aleppo have been blockaded by the Syrian security forces.

The hookahs have been packed away and cigarettes stubbed out. Damascus, like Paris and New York, now has a smoking ban.

So far, only small protests have been reported in Damascus and other big cities.

And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

Looks nice. Could you post some picture of the blade. BTW, was there any influence between Damascus sword and Chinese sword. Thanks.

Damascus, because of your many products and great wealth of goods, did business with you in wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.

He may yet deploy the air force, especially if Damascus and Aleppo, the two largest cities, became more restive than they are now.

This interior, a splendid example of a wood-paneled reception chamber (qa'a) from a private house in Damascus, dates from 1707.

A helicopter has crashed near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syrian state television has said.

Some are taking their children out of private schools in Damascus to send them abroad.

Some protesters broke into the evening the Saudi Embassy in Damascus hospital, broken glass, and looting of property damage to the museum.

Hala Droubi contributed reporting from Beirut, and an employee of The New York Times from Aleppo and Damascus, Syria.

St Paul was a Roman Jew who converted to Christianity after he saw a light on the road to Damascus.

"All the ugly stuff the regime practiced, the F. S. A. is copying, " Anna, a finance worker in Damascus, said of recent behavior.

"We're getting to a tipping point, where groups waiting for a balance of power to change will move, " says a veteran analyst in Damascus.

But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

Assad to keep his promise to liberalize Syria's repressive political system, signaling a hardening of Washington's position toward Damascus.

Anti-government rallies against Baath party rule took place after Muslim prayers in three Syria cities including the capital of Damascus.

The UN is to send a humanitarian mission to Syria on Saturday to assess the situation there after Damascus' violent crackdown on protesters.

Only Iran, for whom Syria is a priceless Arab ally, and Hizbollah, the Lebanese Shia movement Damascus sponsors, have real cause for alarm.

The group said that two more civilians were confirmed dead after government forces entered Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus.

Two senior U. S. diplomats are due to arrive in Damascus Saturday in a visit upgrading the level of U. S. -Syrian contacts.

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist faction long headquartered in Damascus, has also quietly distanced itself from Mr Assad.

Hwaida Saad contributed reporting from Beirut, and an employee of The New York Times from Damascus, Syria.

Western governments insist military action against Damascus remains unlikely.

And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Enormous rural migration to the cities fueled a population explosion at the outskirts of Damascus and Aleppo.

Another car bomb, in February, killed Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughniyah in a residential neighborhood of Damascus.

The silent majority of Damascus and Aleppo is showing signs of a change of mindset.

And once he had taken food, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples in Damascus for some days.

VOA reporter Elizabeth Arrott recently visited Damascus. Her visit took place under the guidance of a Syrian government official.

In 2005 a few brave souls renewed their demands in a "Damascus Declaration" .

She also built a church at the Siloam Pool and another north of the Damascus Gate, dedicated to St. Stephen.

During the 6th century the Cardo (the city's main thorough fare), which begins at the Damascus Gate, was extended southward.

Unlike this Damascus, Bulat restores its pattern and qualitative characteristics even after being re-melted.

A powerful car bomb ripped through a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus yesterday, killing 17 people and injuring 17 more.

The reputed head of John the Baptist is the holiest object in the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, venerated by Christians and Muslims alike.

Syrian state television says a bomb has exploded near a hotel used by United Nations observers in Damascus, wounding three people.

Rights groups also reported gunfire from security forces in Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus.

A typical Jewish male that despised biblical Christianity UNTIL he met Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus.

He has planned meetings in Damascus Friday with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad as well as Hamas' top leader Khaled Meshaal.

Mitchell met with Syrian leaders in Damascus on Sunday as well as with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv.

Opposition groups said security forces had opened fire on crowds in several areas, including the capital Damascus.

Pelosi met Wednesday in Damascus with Mr. Assad -- despite President Bush's criticism of the visit.

Rumours abound in Damascus of the regime's frustration at the army's inability to quash dissent.

Even Hamas, whose politburo shelters in Damascus, last month declined to stage a show of support for the Assads.

Paul's moment of surrender occurred on the Damascus road after he was knocked down by a blinding light.

PRESS junket for British journalists has annoyed the dissident intelligentsia of Damascus.

And as he went, he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

"This measure is insufficient, " said Abdel Razak Eid, an activist from the "Damascus Declaration" group.

Protests broke out across the suburbs of Damascus, including in Sayyida Zeinab, a mainly Shia area.

The interframe is stainless ladder pattern Damascus set with rich black pearl embellished with gold dot scrolls.

Just like Paul, who was knocked off his mule into the dust on the way to Damascus, and discovered God, I had a rude awakening.

Nabil al-Arabi has said that he will be going to Damascus to listen, but he will also be carrying a critical message.

It felt, in fact, more like the road to Damascus.

This diminutive Cliff Parker Buffalo Picture Damascus Liner-Lock Knife is yet another animal in Cliff's menagerie.

And after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

The only two questions I asked my driver as we left Damascus were his name, and where he was from. "Abdel . . . from Daraa, " he told me.

Little has been made public about the Damascus talks, but the official Syrian news agency described the atmosphere as positive.

Scores of people there and in other areas, including Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus, have been locked up.

He cited displaced Iraqis who now are congregating in neighborhoods in Damascus, Syria, Amman, Jordan, and other Middle Eastern cities.

And in a sign of warming relations with Syria, she also said she would send two emissaries to Damascus.

Frescoes from the synagogue at Dura-Europos grace the halls of the National Museum in Damascus.

Supporters of President Bashar Assad rallied in his favour in Damascus.

In time, he reached Damascus, Syria. His next stop would be Baghdad, Iraq.

The political turmoil in Iran is also viewed as offering an opening to press U. S. efforts to woo Damascus into the Western camp.

The two countries recalled their ambassadors after the row, and Damascus denied playing any role in the attacks.

But according to a recent report, Iran, Syria's ally to the east, may help keep Damascus afloat with a $5. 8 billion loan.

The revenue of Damascus's swankiest hotel, the Four Seasons, is said to have doubled between 2006 and 2008.

Iraqi Airways had planned to resume flying this Saturday from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria.

Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus.

The US embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus has been attacked by crowds loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Owen Bennett-Jones reports.

In the sensuous tradition of Damascus, the vaulted entrance to the souk was dark, mysterious and womb-like.

For Turkish cuisine -- Damascus was a favorite city of the Ottomans -- try Marmara ( 963113333573) in Abu Rummaneh outside the old city.

Israel is holding Syria and Hamas leaders in the Damascus responsible for the soldier's capture.

I spoke to Bashar Assad, the president of Syria, this winter in Damascus.

Russian President Medvedev has offered Damascus a civilian nuclear reactor, long-range anti-ship missiles and other weapons.

Several channels are boycotting Syrian productions in protest at the violent crackdown on dissent by the government in Damascus.

Security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the centre of the capital Damascus and in other cities.

During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus.

This Cliff Parker Sea Creatures Picture Damascus Liner Lock is the largest knife we have seen from Cliff.

Paul becomes a follower of Jesus after an encounter with God about noon on the road to Damascus.

In other areas, such as quiet Damascus, many disbelieve the news leaking out or prefer to turn a blind eye.

A car bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least 17 people and wounding 14 others.

In Douma, on the edge of Damascus, protesters have also threatened civil disobedience.

NEITHER the sweets of Damascus, nor the face of the Arab.

Damascus has not, in any case, been completely quiet.

Es Safa is a striking basaltic volcanic field located to the south-east of Damascus, Syria.

President Obama has made cautious overtures to Damascus, appointing a new envoy, Robert S. Ford.

Damascus enjoyed a brief spring of dissent in 2001, but as international pressures mounted, the opening was quickly slammed shut.

Anti-government groups say two of their activists were also killed near Damascus.

In the centre of Damascus, crowds thronged through the narrow streets.

In Damascus, de la province, Idlib province, Latakia City, demonstrators clashed with police, resulting in 30 deaths.

The ancient Arab classical records: "Allah dote on someone, put who settle in Damascus. "

We had one last trip to make, a day excursion from Damascus by car - just.

The real gay men and women in Damascus -- and Dubai, Cairo, and Amman -- are facing more serious problems than confused Internet identities.

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts.

Drivers on the roads into Lebanon talk of clients going from their bank in Damascus straight to one in Beirut, carrying large bags.

She relentlessly tracks them down to their abodes of exile in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Damascus and London.

Spokesman Duguid says the Obama administration is currently reviewing its policy toward Damascus.

Along with the Saudis, Qatar and Kuwait have withdrawn their ambassadors to Damascus.

We met with them in cold, crowded rooms in the poorest sections of Amman and Damascus , where they are now concentrated.

In Damascus they top fashionable outfits with tightly wound white scarves.

and abram said , what will you give me ? for i have no child and this eliezer of damascus will have all my wealth after me.

The Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said that the government in Damascus had agreed to his trip.

Cutlass and corselet of steel, and his trusty sword of Damascus.

Ending 14 years'exile, anti-Syrian Leader Michel Aoun comes home to Lebanon, just weeks after Damascus removes all its troops.

Main ingredients: Damascus rose essential oil, rose hips oil, jojoba oil.

Ten skeletons, along with pottery and coins, were found at the site in Hassaka, 441 miles northeast of the capital Damascus, SANA reported.

Sceptics in Damascus point out the other reforms announced by the government have amounted to little.

But thus far, unlike Egypt or Tunisia, huge crowds have not gathered in the capital, Damascus.

A new pan-Arab rail network could connect Tripoli to Cairo to Amman to Baghdad, and Damascus to Dubai.

This set includes the five WMF Damasteel Damascus Knives along with the decorative and sleek design magnetic knife block.

On Monday students at Damascus University held an anti-government rally.

Anxiety is rising in central Damascus, thus far mainly insulated from the unrest.

AS DARKNESS fell over Damascus on Friday night, the death toll was still soaring.

No mass demonstrations have been reported in big cities such as the capital, Damascus, and the Sunni business centre of Aleppo.

Meanwhile, state run TV says vehicles were blown up near a mosque in Dora, south of Damascus.

Accordance with the present form, the contact with the smooth progress of Damascus.

A tradition of fresh juice lives on in Damascus and Abu Ahmad next door squeezes a huge orange juice glass for about 25 U. S. cents.

AMERICA has pulled out Robert Ford, its ambassador in Damascus, from Syria.

Mr. Hariri has since worked to repair relations with Syria, including making several trips to Damascus in the past year.

The IAEA's board of governors has reported Damascus to the Security Council.

Interestingly, Israel may not want regime change in Damascus either.

A girl throws a snowball at a couple smoking a water pipe in the al-Zabadani mountains north of Damascus March 11.

Activists in Damascus reported dozens more arrests.

AS FOR THE ISRAELI COWARDS, GO FLEX YOUR MUSCLES IN DAMASCUS AND TEHRAN.

For decades Damascus looked as dour as Bucharest under communist rule.

Most remarkably, Western Neo-Aramaic is still spoken in the village of Ma`loula, and two neighbouring villages, 56 km northeast of Damascus.

Operating in exile from Damascus, he has played a critical role in fraught relations with Israel and Fatah.

About noon as I came near Damascus , suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

3As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

In the past ten days two undercover journalists have been arrested in Damascus.

But all the signs from Damascus suggest no compromise.

The Damascus Process is a new wiring technology having problem of filling through hole.

5 p. m. - Negotiate your way into the Damascus citadel, which was the seat of government for successive rulers who invaded the city.

Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?

Maimouna's neighborhood in the Damascus suburbs is under frequent tank and sniper attack by regime forces.

In 2009, the wfp began a pilot program to deliver vouchers for food aid via cell phone to refugees living in Damascus.

Syrian authorities freed al-Hariri on April 3, 2011, six days after detaining him as he arrived for work in Damascus.

In addition, Holmes, Banias, the outskirts of Damascus and the northern port city of Latakia and other places have been killed.

Talabani arrived in Damascus earlier in the day to begin two-day visit to Syria.

But Syria has seen no big communal clash since 1862, when Muslims burned down Christian houses in Damascus.