Damascus Community School

Damascus Community School
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TypePrivate
Motto"A Learning Community in Pursuit of Excellence"
Established1957
ChairmanHaynes Mahoney
Vice ChairmanNasha'at Sanadiki
DirectorJames L. Liebzeit
GenderCo-educational
PublicationWhat’s Happening
WebsiteOfficial website

Damascus Community School is an unlicensed American school founded by the former US secretary of state John Foster Dulles in 1957 in Damascus, Syria. The school was built to promote American ideals and culture and to help steer Syria away from becoming a Soviet satellite. Since 2012, due to the situation in Syria, the school has been effectively shut down.