Sources: BBC
An Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, kills eight members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Iranian brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi. 2024-04-1
Eighteen soldiers are killed and 20 others are injured when a bomb explodes on a military bus near Damascus. 2022-10-13
At least 83 people are killed and 178 injured in a series of bombings in the Damascus suburb Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate. ISIL again claims responsibility. 2016-02-21
A team of twenty UN weapons inspectors arrives in the capital, Damascus, to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in the conflict. 2013-08-18
Locals and activists in Damascus report that the Syrian Army killed over 500 people in the suburb of Jdeit al-Fadel. 2013-04-21
Syrian warplanes bomb the suburbs of the capital Damascus as fighting continues. 2012-11-21
Syrian uprising: Heavy fighting is reported overnight in the Damascus suburb of al-Abbaseen between Syrian government forces and the Free Syrian Army. 2012-06-11
Syrian Army troops launch a fierce attack on the Damascus suburb of Douma. 2012-04-5
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