Sources: ABC
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi meets with "de facto" Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus to discuss the support of the Syrian transitional government. 2024-12-23
One person is killed and four others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Barzeh, Damascus, Syria. 2023-05-10
Israel launches airstrikes against IRGC and Hezbollah bases near Damascus, Syria. 2021-01-6
Twin bombings kill at least 40 people, mostly Shia Iraqi pilgrims, and wound over 100 in the Bab al-Saghir area of Damascus. 2017-03-11
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two suicide bombings occur near the Sayyidah Zaynab shrine in a Damascus suburb, killing at least 20 people. 2016-06-11
Heavy fighting is reported in the Palestinian neighborhoods of southern Damascus between rebels and government forces. 2012-11-5
Opposition activists report at least 128 deaths around the country, as the UN-brokered ceasefire appears to collapse. The Syrian Army bombards three Damascus districts and the city of Bara near Idlib, killing at least 22 people. [http:--edition.cnn.com-2012-10-28-world-meast-syria-civil-war-index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (CNN)] [http:--www.trust.org-alertnet-news-syria-air-force-bombs-cities-truce-practically-over- (Reuters)]date=August 2019 2012-10-28
Syrian Civil War: Syrian government forces shell areas of eastern Damascus - a stronghold of rebel forces. 2012-10-1
Local activists report a massacre of over 40 civilians by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburb of Thiabieh. 2012-09-26
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