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Israel says that the Syrian military fired an anti-aircraft missile towards its territory, which exploded in mid-air over the north of the country, triggering air raid sirens. However, Syrian state television reports that an Israeli Air Force airstrike occurred near Damascus.
2022-02-8

ISIL releases an execution video showing a prisoner being killed by explosives in Yarmouk Camp, Damascus.
2018-05-1

Syrian government airstrikes pound rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave near the capital Damascus, killing at least 23 civilians including four children.
2018-02-5

Damascus's governor says the last group of rebels and civilians have left the city's besieged Barzeh district.
2017-05-29

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

Israeli aircraft hit at least six targets near Damascus, targeting Iranian-made Fateh-110 missile shipments en route to Hezbollah.
2013-05-5

Syrian sources claim that the true objective of the raid was a weapon research center northwest of Damascus and that two people were killed in the action.
2013-01-30

Local activists report a massacre of over 40 civilians by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburb of Thiabieh.
2012-09-26

71 people are killed through Syria by mid-day, including dozens in a massacre perpetrated by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburbs.
2012-08-2

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