Citizen of Damascus or Aleppo, eg (6)

I believe the answer is:

syrian

(Other definitions for syrian that I've seen before include "from Middle East" , "One from Damascus, say" , "Nationality of a citizen of Damascus" , "Asian" , "ME national" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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