Sources: BBC
Syrian refugees extend their sit-in protests in front of the Danish Parliament for a third week, protesting the Danish government's decision in April to cancel the residency permits for refugees from the Damascus area. The government says that the region is safe for refugees to return to, while the protesters say otherwise. 2021-06-2
Syrian government airstrikes in Damascus kill at least 30 people. According to the rebels, the airstrikes were revenge for the killing of a Syrian Air Force pilot by Al-Nusra Front yesterday. The airstrikes reportedly targeted a medical centre and a school. 2016-07-2
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that the Al-Nusra Front as well as other insurgents have captured the village of Tel el-Ais in a strategic position overlooking the highway between Aleppo and Damascus. 2016-04-2
More than 160 people have been killed in fighting between the Syrian Army and opposition forces in the suburbs of Damascus. 2013-11-24
Syrian warplanes bomb the suburbs of the capital Damascus as fighting continues. 2012-11-21
At least 95 people are killed across Syria according to the Local Coordination Committees, including 46 in Damascus and its suburbs. 2012-11-15
A bomb explodes at the headquarters of Syrian state television in Damascus. 2012-08-6
A bomb explodes in the National Security Building in Damascus during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials. 2012-07-18
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges "maximum restraint" from the Syrian regime as the first UN military observers arrive in Damascus to monitor a fragile ceasefire. 2012-04-16