Sources: BBC
The Syrian military intercepts several drones or missiles over Damascus. Several of them explode in the Mezzeh neighborhood, killing three people and injuring nine others. 2024-10-1
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that 11 people, including one civilian, are killed by airstrikes allegedly carried out by the Israel Defense Forces near Damascus. 2020-08-31
The death toll since February 18 in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta is more than 400, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2018-02-22
A U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent interagency convoy brings food and medical aid to 40,000 people on the verge of starvation in the towns of Kafr Batna and Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus for the first time since June 2016. 2017-10-30
A suicide bomb attack in Syria's capital Damascus kills at least 10 people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility. 2016-02-9
Syrian opposition fighters battle the Syrian Army outside Damascus, forcing the closure of the main airport road, and the suspension of some flights. 2012-11-29
At least 95 people are killed across Syria according to the Local Coordination Committees, including 46 in Damascus and its suburbs. 2012-11-15
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
Activists vow to begin a "week of breaking the siege" protests in Daraa, with Damascus to join in tomorrow. 2011-05-1
Syria sends more troops into suburbs of Damascus and sends tanks into Deraa. 2011-04-26