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A rocket fired from rebel-held Eastern Ghouta strikes a popular market in Damascus, killing at least 35 people, according to Syrian state TV SANA.
2018-03-20

A U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent interagency convoy brings food and medical aid to 40,000 people on the verge of starvation in the towns of Kafr Batna and Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus for the first time since June 2016.
2017-10-30

Two suicide bombers attack a police station in the Al-Midan neighbourhood of Damascus, killing at least 15 people.
2017-10-2

Twin bombings kill at least 40 people, mostly Shia Iraqi pilgrims, and wound over 100 in the Bab al-Saghir area of Damascus.
2017-03-11

A report by Amnesty International states that between 5,000 and 13,000 people, most of them civilians, were hanged at the military-run Sednaya Prison near Damascus between September 2011 and December 2015.
2017-02-7

The Syrian Army recaptures all of the towns and villages in the Barada river valley near Damascus from rebel forces.
2017-01-29

Several bombings kill at least 40 people in government and Kurdish held territory across Syria, including Tartus, Homs, Al-Hasakah and Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
2016-09-5

Fighting takes place in Damascus, as rebels declare that Damascus International Airport is a "legitimate target".
2012-12-8

Opposition activists report at least 128 deaths around the country, as the UN-brokered ceasefire appears to collapse. The Syrian Army bombards three Damascus districts and the city of Bara near Idlib, killing at least 22 people. [http:--edition.cnn.com-2012-10-28-world-meast-syria-civil-war-index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (CNN)] [http:--www.trust.org-alertnet-news-syria-air-force-bombs-cities-truce-practically-over- (Reuters)]date=August 2019
2012-10-28

Red Cross chief Peter Maurer meets with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to discuss sending humanitarian aid to civilians across the country.
2012-09-4