Kafar Souseh ( ar, كَفْر سُوسَة, Kafr Sūsah) is a

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and neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, located in the southwestern part of the capital.Sam Dagher, 'Assad Readies for U.S. Strike Despite Delay', ''

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'', Tuesday, September 3, 2013, p. A6 It is home to the Syrian Council of Ministers and the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

History

The neighborhood was historically an agricultural suburb of

Old Damascus The Ancient City of Damascus ( ar, دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city which is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inha ...

. The word "Kafar" ( syc, ܟܦܪ) means 'farm', and "Souseh" is derived from ( syc, ܣܘܣܝܐ, Sūsyā) which means 'horse', hence, the name collectively means 'Horse farm'. Today it is one of the most affluent and modern neighborhoods in the city. It includes various styles of villas, apartment buildings, and condominiums. The neighborhood still has some farms and an old farmers market, as well as two shopping malls and several government/official buildings including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is also in proximity to the original neighborhoods of

. Senior Hezbollah figure

Imad Mughniyah Imad Fayez Mughniyeh ( ar, عماد فايز مغنية; 7 December 1962 – 12 February 2008), alias al-Hajj Radwan (), was the founding member of Lebanon's Islamic Jihad Organization and number two in Hezbollah's leadership. Information about ...

was assassinated in the neighborhood in 2008. The neighborhood participated in the 2011 protests of the Syrian uprising. In 2011, two co-ordinated bombings killed 44 and injured 166 residents. A park in honor of

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n leader

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opened in 2015.

Gallery

File:Kafarsouseh1.jpg, A street in the neighborhood File:Kafarsouseh2.jpg, Near the ministry of foreign affairs. File:Cham City Center.jpg, Cham City Center File:Kafarsouseh neighborhood near the park.jpg, Kafr Souseh neighborhood near the park

References

Neighborhoods of Damascus {{DamascusSY-geo-stub