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Senior IRGC general Razi Mousavi killed by an Israeli airstrike in Damascus.
2023-12-24

The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes near Damascus, killing two civilians, according to Syrian state media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that an "unknown number" of Iran-backed militants were also killed in the strikes, which targeted a counter-battery radar in As-Suwayda Governorate, and a glass factory in al-Kiswah, Rif Dimashq Governorate.
2023-04-4

The Syrian Army and allied militia groups secure the entire length of the strategic M5 Motorway, connecting Damascus and Aleppo, for the first time since 2012.
2020-02-11

Syrian government airstrikes in Damascus kill at least 30 people. According to the rebels, the airstrikes were revenge for the killing of a Syrian Air Force pilot by Al-Nusra Front yesterday. The airstrikes reportedly targeted a medical centre and a school.
2016-07-2

ISIL claims to have shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-23, southeast of Damascus, and captured its pilot. Amaq News Agency, which supports ISIL, gave the pilot’s name as Azzam Eid, from Hama. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it was not clear whether the plane had been shot down or crashed because of mechanical failure.
2016-04-23

A car bomb and two other explosions go off outside the Interior Ministry and Palace of Justice in Damascus.
2012-12-12

Heavy fighting is reported in the Palestinian neighborhoods of southern Damascus between rebels and government forces.
2012-11-5

Twin explosions near the headquarters of the Syrian Armed Forces in central Damascus kill at least four military guards.
2012-09-26

Renewed violence is reported in the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Damascus, Homs and Idlib, as Syrian state television reports the death of one of its reporters.
2012-08-12

Hundreds of dissidents have been arrested across Syria, including in the town of Daraa and a Damascus suburb, after dozens were killed in weekend protests, activists say.
2011-05-2