Tishreen Palace

Tishreen Palace
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Alternative namesOctober Palace, Al-Muhajireen Palace
General information
Town or cityDamascus
CountrySyria

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.[1] The palace was used as the primary official residence of the Assad family, until the construction of the Presidential Palace on Mount Mazzeh was finished in the early 1990s.

In 2013, mortars were struck outside the southern walls.[2]

After the Fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syrians ransacked and looted the palace, inviting much of the public.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Barbara Surk (7 November 2012). "Syrian rebels make new push into capital of Damascus". The Washington Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Mortars explode near a presidential palace in Syrian capital | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  3. ^ "Bashar al-Assad's palace burned and ransacked – in pictures". the Guardian. 2024-12-09. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  4. ^ "Joy, fear and confusion in Damascus as Syrians welcome life after Assad". Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  5. ^ "Candid photos of Syria's Assad expose a world beyond the carefully crafted and repressive rule". AP news.

33°31′8″N 36°15′44″E / 33.51889°N 36.26222°E / 33.51889; 36.26222


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