Sources: BBC
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot become the first European Union foreign ministers to travel to Damascus, Syria, after the fall of the Assad regime to discuss new diplomatic relations with the Syrian Transitional Government and Syrian civil society. 2025-01-3
Five Syrian soldiers are killed in missile strikes launched by the Israeli Air Force near Damascus. 2022-09-17
Israel launches surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports. 2017-12-2
Syrian Army forces capture Deir Atiyah while rebels capture Otayba. 2013-11-28
Syrians in the capital Damascus race against time to prepare for a foreign strike, with many hoarding supplies and others scrambling to find accommodation further away from potential military targets. 2013-08-28
A bomb explodes in the center of the capital, Damascus, killing at least 13 people. 2013-04-30
The Vatican announces Pope Benedict XVI will send a delegation to Damascus to "express his brotherly solidarity with the entire population". [http:--staff.blogs.aljazeera.com-topic-syria-pope-benedict-xvi-will-send-delegation-syrian-capital-express-his-brotherly-solidarity (Al Jazeera)]date=August 2019 2012-10-16
An explosion occurs in the carpark of the Palace of Justice in Damascus, wounding at least 3 people. 2012-06-28
The regime's forces attack the towns of Rastan and Talbisa, located north of Damascus, storming houses and using tanks and helicopters to cut the towns off from the outside world. 2011-05-29