Sources: BBC
At least 23 people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 63 others are injured when at least one alleged Islamic State suicide attacker opens fire and detonates an explosive device inside the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria. 2025-06-22
Three women are killed and five children are injured in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. 2025-01-10
Israel carries out airstrikes near Damascus, Syria, killing four pro-Iranian fighters. 2022-10-27
Eleven people die after a fire breaks out in a mall in Damascus, Syria. 2022-03-1
Israel fires several missiles towards Damascus, Syria, killing three Syrian soldiers. 2022-02-24
One Syrian is killed and nine others injured in mortar shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus. 2013-11-28
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi cuts diplomatic ties with Syria and orders the Egyptian embassy in Damascus to close. 2013-06-15
The Syrian opposition opens its first embassy in Qatar, a day after it was given Damascus's seat at the Arab League. 2013-03-28
Rebel forces take over the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, where at least 25 were killed by airstrikes the day before. Syrian troops and tanks, as well as a number of PFLP-GC fighters, gather outside the northern edge of the area. [http:--www.trust.org-alertnet-news-syrian-rebels-take-control-of-damascus-palestinian-camp- (Reuters)]date=August 2019 2012-12-17
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