Damascus is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world according to some. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام) and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine" (مَدِيْنَةُ الْيَاسْمِينِ Madīnat al-Yāsmīn), Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
Alternate versions of Damascus have been discovered throughout the multiverse: