Sources: AP via ABC News
A U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent interagency convoy brings food and medical aid to 40,000 people on the verge of starvation in the towns of Kafr Batna and Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus for the first time since June 2016. 2017-10-30
The Syrian Army recaptures all of the towns and villages in the Barada river valley near Damascus from rebel forces. 2017-01-29
Syrian government airstrikes in Damascus kill at least 30 people. According to the rebels, the airstrikes were revenge for the killing of a Syrian Air Force pilot by Al-Nusra Front yesterday. The airstrikes reportedly targeted a medical centre and a school. 2016-07-2
Heavy government shelling of rebel positions near the Syrian capital kills 14 rebels and two civilians in the south of Damascus. 2013-09-7
A car bomb kills 18 people and wounds 55 in a suburb in Damascus. 2013-08-6
Syrian state TV reports that the Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi escaped an assassination attempt in the western Damascus suburb of Mazzeh when a bomb explodes near his convoy. 2013-04-29
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
Fighting takes place in Damascus, as rebels declare that Damascus International Airport is a "legitimate target". 2012-12-8
Opposition activists report at least 128 deaths around the country, as the UN-brokered ceasefire appears to collapse. The Syrian Army bombards three Damascus districts and the city of Bara near Idlib, killing at least 22 people. [http:--edition.cnn.com-2012-10-28-world-meast-syria-civil-war-index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (CNN)] [http:--www.trust.org-alertnet-news-syria-air-force-bombs-cities-truce-practically-over- (Reuters)]date=August 2019 2012-10-28
Syrian Civil War: Syrian government forces shell areas of eastern Damascus - a stronghold of rebel forces. 2012-10-1