Sources: AP via ABC News
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
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) destroys a Syrian S-200 anti-aircraft battery near Damascus after it fired on its aircraft patrolling in Lebanese air space on a reconnaissance mission. 2017-10-16
A local 15-day ceasefire between Syrian rebels and government forces in the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus will be announced shortly. 2015-11-18
Syrian sources claim that the true objective of the raid was a weapon research center northwest of Damascus and that two people were killed in the action. 2013-01-30
Twelve people are killed in a twin-blast bomb attack by unknown people at the entrance of a Druze cemetery in the Jaramana district of southeast Damascus. 2012-08-28
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
Syrian uprising: Three people are injured in a car bombing in central Damascus, blamed by the regime-backed state television on an "armed terrorist group". The opposition say around sixty people were killed nationwide yesterday. 2012-04-24
Opposition activists claim that Syrian security forces shot dead three pro-democracy activists in Damascus. 2012-02-17
A Syrian army general is shot dead in Damascus, according to state media. 2012-02-11
2011 Syrian protests: Police use tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in the capital Damascus. 2011-04-15