Sources: BBC
A Syrian soldier is killed and at least twelve others are injured in a car bomb explosion in Damascus. 2026-05-19
The Israeli Air Force launches an air raid on Iranian targets in the Syrian capital Damascus. Syrian state media says the Air Defense Force intercepted several missiles. 2020-02-13
A car bomb and shellfire hit Marjeh Square in Damascus, Syria, killing two people and injure 14 others. 2018-05-9
For the second time in three days, Israel carries out a missile strike on military facilities near Damascus. 2017-12-4
The Syrian government allows UN inspectors to visit the site of suspect chemical weapons attack outside the outskirt of Damascus. 2013-08-25
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
Renewed violence is reported in the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Damascus, Homs and Idlib, as Syrian state television reports the death of one of its reporters. 2012-08-12
2011 Syrian uprising: Explosions and gunfire are reported in the Syrian capital Damascus. 2011-11-17
Demonstrators defy a government ban in the Syrian capital Damascus and protest for a second day, demanding the release of political prisoners. 2011-03-16
The first humanitarian Asian flotilla, "Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan of Asia 1", which left New Delhi with people of 15 differing nationalities aboard, leaves Damascus for Latakia, its final stop before it reaches its destination. 2010-12-26