Sources: AP via ABC News
Israel launches airstrikes against IRGC and Hezbollah bases near Damascus, Syria. 2021-01-6
The Syrian Army and allied militia groups secure the entire length of the strategic M5 Motorway, connecting Damascus and Aleppo, for the first time since 2012. 2020-02-11
Pope Francis petitions President Bashar al-Assad Assad to protect weak and defenseless in Syria. The pope’s appeal is in a letter to Assad delivered by Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development at a meeting with the president in Damascus. 2019-07-22
Syrians in the capital Damascus race against time to prepare for a foreign strike, with many hoarding supplies and others scrambling to find accommodation further away from potential military targets. 2013-08-28
Israeli aircraft hit at least six targets near Damascus, targeting Iranian-made Fateh-110 missile shipments en route to Hezbollah. 2013-05-5
The brother of the Syrian parliament speaker is shot and killed by gunmen in the capital Damascus. 2012-11-6
71 people are killed through Syria by mid-day, including dozens in a massacre perpetrated by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburbs. 2012-08-2
2011 Syrian uprising: Explosions and gunfire are reported in the Syrian capital Damascus. 2011-11-17
Two Reuters journalists arrested on Saturday in Damascus are released. 2011-03-28
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