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28 Feb
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's visit comes after a deadly earthquake rocked Syria, killing thousands. Damascus has been politically isolated in the region since the start of the Syrian Civil War 12 years ago.
31 Oct 2021
A Syrian war monitor said the Israeli attack allegedly had targeted sites housing arms depots linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and pro-Iran militias.
31 Oct 2021
A Syrian war monitor said the Israeli attack allegedly had targeted sites housing arms depots linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and pro-Iran militias.
14 Apr 2021
Zero asylum seekers — that is essentially the Danish government's ultimate goal. Now, it is ordering Syrian refugees to return to Damascus, which Copenhagen says is safe.
13 Dec 2020
Mohammed Mostafa al-Mohammed started studying medicine in rebel-held northern Syria to help the victims of war, but instead he has graduated into a world battling the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 29-year-old graduate from an opposition-backed university had expected to be tending to the wounded under the threat of bombardment by the Russia-backed Damascus regime.
1 Dec 2019
Israel has said it attacked Iranian and Syrian military targets near Damascus in retaliation to Syrian rockets fired towards Israel the day before. Syria's air defenses destroyed most of Israel's missiles.
2 Sep 2018
Syrian state media say loud blasts from an airbase were from an explosion at an ammunitions dump caused by an electrical problem, but an official in the regional alliance backing Damascus says they were from Israeli strikes.
15 Apr 2018
The Syrian army on Saturday declared the recovery of the Douma district, the last rebel bastion in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus, after the evacuation of rebels and their families, according to the state news agency SANA.
15 Apr 2018
Buildings said to be part of a scientific research centre in the Damascus district of Barzeh were severely damaged following air strikes carried out by the U.S., France and Britain on Saturday (April 14).
31 Dec 2017
Amateur video shows Syrian children rescued from collapsed buildings in Damascus suburb.
17 Dec 2017
Syrian army forces clash with rebels southwest of Damascus.
19 Nov 2017
After Yachya and Maria met in China, they planned to move to Damascus together. When war broke out in Syria, they decided to go to eastern Ukraine instead. Then the Russian flag was raised, and they had to flee again.

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