Sources: Reuters
The Israeli Air Force bombs the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and the presidential palace in Damascus. 2025-07-16
Israel launches an airstrike against a Syrian military post in the countryside near Damascus, killing five soldiers and injuring another. 2024-09-27
Israeli airstrikes on Iranian weapons and missile depots near Damascus, Syria, kill six foreign nationals, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The headquarters of the Syrian Army's 4th Armoured Division is also hit. 2021-02-15
The Israeli military says it had attacked Iranian military targets in Damascus including the city's international airport in response to a missile attack. 2019-01-21
A ban on rough sleeping in public areas comes into force in Hungary. Despite international criticism of the law, the Hungarian government says it is in the "interests of society as a whole". 2018-10-15
A record number of migrants crossing the Balkans results in a record number of people in Hungary despite the government building a wall on the border with Serbia. 2015-08-25
Heavy government shelling of rebel positions near the Syrian capital kills 14 rebels and two civilians in the south of Damascus. 2013-09-7
At least 16 people are killed and 25 others injured after a car bomb strikes the city of Qatana, 25 km southwest of the capital Damascus. The attack follows a similar blast in front of the Interior Ministry building a day earlier that killed at least five. 2012-12-13
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi wins three awards, including the Golden Bear, for his film "Nader and Simin, A Separation" as the 61st Berlin International Film Festival ends. There are other winners from Argentina, Albania, Germany and Hungary. 2011-02-19