Radio Damascus (), is the national radio station of

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

n state broadcaster ORTAS. It broadcasts Arabic-language programs nationwide on

medium wave Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. During the daytim ...

and FM frequencies. Programs in Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish and Turkish were broadcast via webstream. The programmes of Radio Damascus were focused on praising the policy of the Syrian government of the

al-Assad family The Assad family ruled Syria from 1971, when Hafez al-Assad became President of Syria, president under the Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction), Ba'ath Party following the Corrective Movement (Syria), 1970 coup, until Bashar al-Assad was Fal ...

until 2024. Historically, Radio Damascus were transmitting for an international audience from 1957 to 2013, mainly on medium wave and shortwave frequencies. Radio Damascus was transmitted via the Russian satellite Ekspress-AM22. The station's operational status is unclear.

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International broadcasters Radio stations in Syria Radio stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Syria State media {{Syria-stub

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