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One person is killed and four others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Barzeh, Damascus, Syria.
2023-05-10

Israel carries out airstrikes near Damascus, Syria, killing four pro-Iranian fighters.
2022-10-27

Israel says that the Syrian military fired an anti-aircraft missile towards its territory, which exploded in mid-air over the north of the country, triggering air raid sirens. However, Syrian state television reports that an Israeli Air Force airstrike occurred near Damascus.
2022-02-8

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

Jaysh al-Islam Islamist rebels launch a successful counter-attack in the East Ghouta region of rural Damascus, targeting the points they lost to the Syrian government over the course of seven days near the town of Hawsh Dawahra, and recovering all of the lost territories.
2017-10-6

Damascus's governor says the last group of rebels and civilians have left the city's besieged Barzeh district.
2017-05-29

Syrian government forces and allies, including Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, retake a large area southeast of Damascus, including the key town of Deir al-Asafir.
2016-05-19

A local 15-day ceasefire between Syrian rebels and government forces in the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus will be announced shortly.
2015-11-18

The Israeli Air Force bombs two Syrian Armed Forces bases near Damascus and the town of Dimas, according to Russian and Syrian sources.
2014-12-7

Twin explosions near the headquarters of the Syrian Armed Forces in central Damascus kill at least four military guards.
2012-09-26