Sources: BBC
Eighteen soldiers are killed and 20 others are injured when a bomb explodes on a military bus near Damascus. 2022-10-13
According to Syrian state media, two suicide bombers attack in Damascus, killing at least 31 people. 2017-03-15
The Syrian Army recaptures all of the towns and villages in the Barada river valley near Damascus from rebel forces. 2017-01-29
Twelve people including nine children are killed when a Syrian army helicopter strikes a refugees camp south of Damascus. 2014-06-20
Syrian activists claim that chemical weapon attacks have killed over 600 people in the outskirts of Damascus. 2013-08-21
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
Heavy fighting is reported in the Palestinian neighborhoods of southern Damascus between rebels and government forces. 2012-11-5
Syrian armed forces continue to shell the city of Hama and at least 59 civilians are reported killed across Syria, in Idlib, Homs, Hama, Daraa, Lattakia, Aleppo and Damascus. 2012-03-22
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