Damascus goat

The Damascus or Damascene is a Middle Eastern list of [goat breeds|breed] of dairy goat, named after the city of Damascus in Syria. It is variously also known as the Aleppo or Halep for the city of Aleppo; as the Shami or Chami, for the historical region of Ash-Sham or Greater Syria; or as the Baladi. It is widely found in the Near and Middle East, including Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria and Turkey; it is also present in Bolivia and Malawi.
The Damascus goat is a high-yield producer of both milk and meat, and therefore has been attributed a high priority by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
A goat of this breed ranked first place at the Mazayen al-Maaz goat beauty contest in Riyadh in 2008.