Tishreen Park Explained

Tishreen Park is the largest park in Damascus, Syria.^[1] It is located near Umayyad Square and Tishreen Palace.^{[2] [3]}

A large Syrian flag was installed in the park in July 2010 to mark the tenth anniversary of Bashar Al Assad becoming president.^[4]

The park hosts the annual Damascus International Flower Show, which at its peak before the war would be visited by hundreds of thousands of people per year.^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Book: Cybriwsky, Roman Adrian . Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture . ABC-CLIO . 2013 . 978-1-61069-248-9 . 95 . en.
2. Web site: Tishreen Park Tourist Attractions in Damascus City . 2022-03-14 . www.lovedamascus.com . en.
3. Web site: Elevation of Tishreen Park, Jawaher Lal Nahro, Damascus, Syria . 2022-03-14 . elevation.maplogs.com.
4. Book: Dagher, Sam . Assad or we burn the country : how one family's lust for power destroyed Syria . 2019 . 978-0-316-55672-9 . First . New York . 1101180175.
5. Web site: Sayyid . Leen . Abdulssattar Ibrahim . Mohammad . Al Maleh . Alice . 2018-07-16 . After eight years, Damascus International Flower Festival returns to a changed capital . 2022-03-14 . Syria Direct . en-US.
6. Web site: اختتام فعاليات معرض الزهور الدولي بدمشق . 2022-03-14 . www.aljazeera.net . ar.
7. Web site: Syrian children paint the national flag in different shapes on a... . 2022-03-14 . Getty Images . en-gb.