Sources: BBC
Israel launches airstrikes against IRGC and Hezbollah bases near Damascus, Syria. 2021-01-6
Twenty-two people are killed and more than 70 are injured when a tank truck, two buses and another vehicle collide in the road between Damascus and Homs, in Syria. 2020-03-7
Syrian rebels fire volleys of mortar shells into Damascus, killing three people and wounding at least 30. Government forces respond with airstrikes into rebel-controlled Douma, just northeast of the capital, and surface-to-surface missiles into Eastern Ghouta and Saqba, that kill at least 35 people and injure many more, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2015-12-13
Two shells hit the Russian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, as hundreds of pro-government supporters rallied outside in support of Russian airstrikes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described the shelling as "a terrorist act." 2015-10-13
The brother of the Syrian parliament speaker is shot and killed by gunmen in the capital Damascus. 2012-11-6
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
Syrian uprising: Two large explosions occur in quick succession in the embattled Syrian capital Damascus, with dozens of people reportedly killed or injured. 2012-05-10
At least two bombings are reported of government facilities in the Syrian capital Damascus with several police and civilians reported dead. 2012-03-17
2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian state media report the deaths of at least 40 people in two car bombings in the capital Damascus. 2011-12-23
2011 Syrian protests: Social media mobilises the people of Syria for rallies demanding freedom, human rights and the end to emergency law, scheduled for Friday and Saturday in front of the parliament in Damascus and at Syrian embassies internationally. 2011-02-3