Sources: BBC
Iran's Supreme National Security Council says that it has decided on a response to the Israeli attack on its diplomatic facilities in Damascus, Syria, which killed several high-ranking members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 2024-04-2
Israel fires several missiles towards Damascus, Syria, killing three Syrian soldiers. 2022-02-24
Israel kills two members of Islamic Jihad in an aerial attack near Damascus, Syria. 2020-02-23
Bahrain announces it will reopen its embassy in Damascus, Syria, a day after the UAE made the same decision. 2018-12-28
Syrian government warplanes carry out a sixth day of airstrikes in the rebel-held Ghouta suburbs east of Damascus, killing 32 people as the death toll from a week of bombardment reaches over 400. 2018-02-23
Syrian state TV reports that the Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi escaped an assassination attempt in the western Damascus suburb of Mazzeh when a bomb explodes near his convoy. 2013-04-29
The brother of the Syrian parliament speaker is shot and killed by gunmen in the capital Damascus. 2012-11-6
A conference to "rescue Syria" is held in Damascus by the National Coordination Body and around 20 other parties. Twenty eight parties, which are also opposed to the militarization of the conflict, have not participated. The conference calls for a ceasefire and a peaceful political transition to succeed the Assad regime. The armed opposition considers the position as "too lenient on the dictator". 2012-09-23
Syrian civil war: At least 19 people are killed across Syria in ongoing violence on Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. President Assad makes a public appearance, praying in Damascus. Lakhdar Brahimi accepts to become the new UN envoy. 2012-08-19
A suicide bomber kills at least five people in the Syrian capital Damascus. [http:--www.ajc.com-news-nation-world-syria-state-tv-suicide-1427082.html (AP via "Atlanta Journal Constitution")]date=August 2019 2012-04-27