Sources: Reuters
The Criminal Court in Damascus, Syria, sentences deposed president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia, and former Daraa political security director Atef Najib in person, and issue international arrest warrants for all for premeditated murder and crimes against humanity. 2026-08-11
Hungary reports a record 8,312 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 489,172. 2021-03-11
The European Parliament votes 448–197 to trigger article 7 against Hungary for flouting the rule of law in the country. 2018-09-12
ISIL militants reportedly execute 175 workers who were captured earlier this week at a cement factory situated to the east of Damascus. 2016-04-8
State news agency SANA claims that insurgent group Jaysh al-Islam has conducted a rocket attack on Damascus with at least eight people injured. 2015-02-5
The governments of Romania and Hungary sign a framework agreement for opening 20 cross-border roads, strengthening traffic links with the entire European Union. 2014-08-21
One Syrian is killed and nine others injured in mortar shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus. 2013-11-28
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
Three people are killed in a stampede at a three-storey nightclub in the Hungarian capital Budapest. 2011-01-16