The provided source material does not contain information regarding a city named Bulbul in Syria; instead, it describes bulbuls as a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds belonging to the family Pycnonotidae. These birds include species such as greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills.
Bulbuls are distributed across most of Africa, the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and as far north as Japan. There are 161 species within 28 genera, with some insular species occurring on the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean. While African species are predominantly found in rainforests, Asian bulbuls are typically found in more open areas.