Tag: Damascus
10 killed by car bomb in Syria’s Damascus
A car bomb driven by a suicide attacker exploded Tuesday near a police officers' club in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing at least 10...
Air strike kills 39 in Syria as UN envoy visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a UN envoy visited Damascus to advance...
Assad visits Damascus church before Christmas
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has made a rare public appearance with a pre-Christmas visit to a church in an eastern suburb of Damascus often...
18 dead as Syrian army, rebels trade fire around Damascus
At least 18 people were killed in the Damascus region as the army bombarded a rebel-held town and the rebels fired rockets into the...
Damascus, Opp must ‘compromise’ to beat IS militants: UN
The Syrian government and mainstream opposition must seek compromise to end three and half years of bloody civil war and block the rise of...
Twin blasts kill at least 14 in central Damascus
Twin suicide bombers targeted a Damascus police station on Tuesday killing at least 14 people, as the Syrian army launched multiple attacks on rebel...
‘Suicide bombers’ strike Syrian capital
Two suicide bombers have struck the heart of the Syrian capital Damascus, causing an unknown number of casualties, pro-government television channel al-Ikhbariya has reported.
"Two...
Huge explosion rocks Damascus
A blast near Syria's interior ministry has rocked the central Damascus district of Marjeh killing 13 people and injuring over 70 others, state television...
Damascus hit by its deadliest bombing in Syria war
A huge car bomb near the headquarters of Syria's ruling party killed nearly 60 people and caused widespread destruction in the deadliest attack to...
Bomb hits central Damascus near ruling party HQ
A car bomb shook central Damascus on Thursday, killing several people and incinerating cars on a busy highway close to headquarters of the ruling...
Air raid kills at least 20 near Syrian capital
An air raid on a suburb of the Syrian capital killed at least 20 people and two mortars exploded next to a soccer stadium...
Syrian warplanes strike Damascus outskirts
Syrian warplanes have launched air strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, as clashes erupted between govt troops and rebels, activists say. Air raids on...
Clashes continue near Damascus, opposition leader urges gov’t to respond his...
Violent clashes have continued near the Syrian capital Damascus and other provinces on Thursday, as the head of the opposition abroad asked the administration...
Damascus outskirts rocked by heavy fighting
Rebel strongholds around the Syrian capital, Damascus, have been rocked by fighting and heavy shelling for a second straight day as the army launched...
Syrian airstrike kills seven near Damascus
Syrian activists on Sunday said government warplanes bombed a rebel-held area on the southern outskirts of Damascus, killing seven people, including five members of...
Air strike near Damascus kills 20: activists
An air strike on a rebel-held town southwest of the Syrian capital Damascus killed 20 people on Monday, resident opposition activists said.
An activist living...
Syria fights off rebel advance on Damascus
Syrian government forces have bombarded several rebel strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus to quell the fighters battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad...
