Damascus is a town in Faulkner and Van Buren counties of central Arkansas, United States.

Construction began on a Titan II missile base north of Damascus in 1961; the site became active on December 18, 1963.

The socket bounced and struck the missile, causing a leak from a pressurized fuel tank.

About 8+1⁄2 hours after the initial puncture, fuel vapors within the silo ignited and exploded.

Damascus was the site of a nuclear "Broken Arrow" incident on September 18–19, 1980 when a Titan II ICBM exploded 3.3 miles (5.3 km) NNE of the town, although no radiation was spread as a result of the explosion.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.0 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi), all land.

Damascus's portion within Faulkner County is in the northernmost part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.