Sources: BBC
ISIL claims responsibility for an attack on a gas pipeline and power station in Deir Ali, Syria, that caused power outages in Damascus and other areas of the country. 2021-09-18
Twenty-two people are killed and more than 70 are injured when a tank truck, two buses and another vehicle collide in the road between Damascus and Homs, in Syria. 2020-03-7
At least eight people are reportedly killed as a car bomb explodes at a checkpoint south of Damascus. 2016-04-25
Artillery strikes in Damascus during a visit by the Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif kill at least 40 people and wound more than 180. 2015-08-12
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
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
A bomb explodes in the National Security Building in Damascus during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials. 2012-07-18
It is reported that heavy bombing on Homs has been taking place since this morning. Young activists of the Sham News Network also report violent clashes in various neighbourhoods of Damascus between loyal forces and rebels of the Free Syrian Army [http:--www.agi.it-english-version-world-elenco-notizie-201206091619-cro-ren1059-syrian_activists_say_30_civilians_killed_by_regime (AGI)]date=August 2019 2012-06-9
At least two bombings are reported of government facilities in the Syrian capital Damascus with several police and civilians reported dead. 2012-03-17