Sources: BBC
Regional security sources report that Israeli troops have reached the city of Qatana in Rif Dimashq Governorate, 10 km into Syrian territory and 25 km southwest of Damascus. 2024-12-10
Israel launches a series of airstrikes on Damascus and Tartus, Syria, killing three soldiers and injuring three others. 2022-08-15
Eleven people die after a fire breaks out in a mall in Damascus, Syria. 2022-03-1
The Israeli Air Force launches an air raid on Iranian targets in the Syrian capital Damascus. Syrian state media says the Air Defense Force intercepted several missiles. 2020-02-13
The Israel Defense Forces say their Air Force strikes multiple Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Aqraba near the Syrian capital Damascus. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims an Iranian attack on Israel using armed drones to be imminent. Syria says it repels the attack and shoots down most of the attackers' rockets. 2019-08-24
Bahrain announces it will reopen its embassy in Damascus, Syria, a day after the UAE made the same decision. 2018-12-28
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) destroys a Syrian S-200 anti-aircraft battery near Damascus after it fired on its aircraft patrolling in Lebanese air space on a reconnaissance mission. 2017-10-16
Syrian authorities name a park in Damascus after the North Korean founding leader Kim Il-Sung. 2015-08-31
Hundreds of dissidents have been arrested across Syria, including in the town of Daraa and a Damascus suburb, after dozens were killed in weekend protests, activists say. 2011-05-2
Syrian President Bashar Assad hosts Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian leader Ahmadinajad in Damascus where they condemn the United States and Israel 2010-02-26