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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

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

Following a ceasefire agreement with the government, Syrian rebels begin evacuating the war-torn suburb of Darayya, near Damascus, ending a four-year-long siege by government forces. Under the terms of surrender, the 8,000 civilians who reside in the suburb will be moved to regime-controlled areas while several hundred rebel fighters will be given passage to the Idlib Governorate.
2016-08-26

A bomb explodes in the center of the capital, Damascus, killing at least 8 people and injuring more than 50 others.
2013-11-6

A car bomb and two other explosions go off outside the Interior Ministry and Palace of Justice in Damascus.
2012-12-12

Fighting takes place in Damascus, as rebels declare that Damascus International Airport is a "legitimate target".
2012-12-8

Syrian opposition fighters battle the Syrian Army outside Damascus, forcing the closure of the main airport road, and the suspension of some flights.
2012-11-29

Local activists report a massacre of over 40 civilians by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburb of Thiabieh.
2012-09-26

Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. and Arab League special envoy for the Syrian civil war, arrives in Damascus; fighting goes on in the east of the capital. [http:--main.omanobserver.om-node-109577 ("Oman Observer")]date=August 2019
2012-09-13

Retired Major-General Vladimir Kuzheyev, a Russian military adviser to the Syrian government, rejects the rebel claims of his death in clashes outside Damascus.
2012-08-9