Sources: Reuters
Hungary's ruling party Fidesz withdraws from the conservative European Parliament bloc European People's Party (EPP), after the EPP changed its rules to allow it to expel a party's entire delegation. Fidesz's membership had been suspended since 2019 after it accused then-European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and philanthropist George Soros of conspiring to "flood" Europe with migrants during a national campaign. 2021-03-3
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
Hungarian prosecutors charge a woman who kicked refugees fleeing in Hungary with disorderly conduct. 2016-09-7
Following a ceasefire agreement with the government, Syrian rebels begin evacuating the war-torn suburb of Darayya, near Damascus, ending a four-year-long siege by government forces. Under the terms of surrender, the 8,000 civilians who reside in the suburb will be moved to regime-controlled areas while several hundred rebel fighters will be given passage to the Idlib Governorate. 2016-08-26
The Syrian Army backed by Hezbollah fighters retakes a key airbase on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. The Marj al-Sultan airbase had been under rebel control since November 2012. 2015-12-14
Croatia allows some asylum seekers to move on past its borders into Hungary and Slovenia. 2015-09-19
Heavy fighting is reported in the Palestinian neighborhoods of southern Damascus between rebels and government forces. 2012-11-5
Opposition fighters battle Syrian government forces in poor districts of Damascus. 2012-07-15
2011 Syrian uprising: Two rocket-propelled grenades hit the headquarters of Syria's ruling Ba'ath Party in Damascus amid ongoing anti-government protests. 2011-11-20
An abducted Hungarian civilian, who worked for the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region, is released. 2011-01-6