Sources: BBC
The Sunni Muslim Grand Mufti of Damascus Sheikh Mohammed Adnan Afiouni is assassinated in a car bombing in the Syrian capital, according to state media. 2020-10-22
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
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
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
Syrian activists claim that the Syrian Armed Forces killed ten people in the village of Bakha north of Damascus. 2012-04-28
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
At least two bombings are reported of government facilities in the Syrian capital Damascus with several police and civilians reported dead. 2012-03-17
Arab League monitors meet Syria's foreign minister, a day after deadly bombings occurred in the capital Damascus. 2011-12-24
Hundreds of people stage a rare protest in the Syrian capital Damascus calling for greater freedoms and the release of political prisoners. 2011-03-15