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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 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 death toll since February 18 in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta is more than 400, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
2018-02-22

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 suicide bombings in Marjeh Square in Damascus kill at least 14 people and injure 31. [http:--news.ninemsn.com.au-world-2013-06-11-07-02-syria-rebels-converge-on-aleppo-airbase (AFP via NineMSN)]date=July 2019
2013-06-11

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

Local activists report a massacre of over 40 civilians by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburb of Thiabieh.
2012-09-26