Sources: BBC
The toll from yesterday's bombings in Damascus, Syria, increases to one person killed and 36 people injured. 2026-07-8
An Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, Syria, kills five members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force notably intelligence officer Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh. 2024-01-20
ISIL claims responsibility for an attack on a gas pipeline and power station in Deir Ali, Syria, that caused power outages in Damascus and other areas of the country. 2021-09-18
Russia denies interfering with the site of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, and says a nine-member Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team currently waiting in Damascus will be allowed to visit on Wednesday. 2018-04-16
Israel launches surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports. 2017-12-2
Syrian authorities name a park in Damascus after the North Korean founding leader Kim Il-Sung. 2015-08-31
Syrian activists claim that chemical weapon attacks have killed over 600 people in the outskirts of Damascus. 2013-08-21
The brother of the Syrian parliament speaker is shot and killed by gunmen in the capital Damascus. 2012-11-6
Heavy fighting continues in the Syrian capital Damascus and the largest city of Aleppo. 2012-07-21
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