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One person is killed and four others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Barzeh, Damascus, Syria.
2023-05-10

Israel says that the Syrian military fired an anti-aircraft missile towards its territory, which exploded in mid-air over the north of the country, triggering air raid sirens. However, Syrian state television reports that an Israeli Air Force airstrike occurred near Damascus.
2022-02-8

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that 11 people, including one civilian, are killed by airstrikes allegedly carried out by the Israel Defense Forces near Damascus.
2020-08-31

Russia denies interfering with the site of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, and says a nine-member Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team currently waiting in Damascus will be allowed to visit on Wednesday.
2018-04-16

Syrian government forces and allies, including Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, retake a large area southeast of Damascus, including the key town of Deir al-Asafir.
2016-05-19

The brother of the Syrian parliament speaker is shot and killed by gunmen in the capital Damascus.
2012-11-6

A car bomb explodes in the capital Damascus, killing an unknown number of people and injuring many.
2012-10-26

Syrian civil war: Rebels claim control of the strategic town of Maarrat al-Nu'man on the main road linking Damascus to Aleppo.
2012-10-10

Renewed violence is reported in the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Damascus, Homs and Idlib, as Syrian state television reports the death of one of its reporters.
2012-08-12

A Syrian-American blogger who calls herself "Gay Girl in Damascus" and who has become a prominent opposition voice has allegedly been abducted by Syrian security agents.
2011-06-7