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Russia denies interfering with the site of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, and says a nine-member Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team currently waiting in Damascus will be allowed to visit on Wednesday.
2018-04-16

Syrian civilians leave the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya.
2013-10-29

The Syrian opposition opens its first embassy in Qatar, a day after it was given Damascus's seat at the Arab League.
2013-03-28

Ahmad Shihadeh, a member of the European Union's delegation in Syria, is killed in a rocket attack in a Damascus suburb.
2013-03-13

Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. and Arab League special envoy for the Syrian civil war, arrives in Damascus; fighting goes on in the east of the capital. [http:--main.omanobserver.om-node-109577 ("Oman Observer")]date=August 2019
2012-09-13

United Nations and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan arrives in the Syrian capital Damascus for talks.
2012-07-8

A suicide bomber kills at least five people in the Syrian capital Damascus. [http:--www.ajc.com-news-nation-world-syria-state-tv-suicide-1427082.html (AP via "Atlanta Journal Constitution")]date=August 2019
2012-04-27

2011–2012 Syrian uprising: The Arab League delays sending more observers to Syria; one of its observers also quits the mission.
2012-01-12

2011 Syrian uprising: Renewed violence takes place in the city of Homs as Arab League observers arrive in Syria to monitor the country's ongoing uprising.
2011-12-26

2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian state media report the deaths of at least 40 people in two car bombings in the capital Damascus.
2011-12-23