Fire and smoke fill streets in an area said to be on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.
Tags: Syrian capitalFire and smoke fill streets in an area said to be on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.
Tags: Syrian capitalA new rebel offensive around the Syrian capital has demonstrated the insurgents’ strengths after six months of combat in the Damascus region.
Tags: the insurgents, Syrian capitalOne of the 48 Iranian pilgrims who were kidnapped in the Syrian capital several months ago was released on Saturday, Fars reported.
Tags: Syrian rebels, Syrian capital, Iranian pilgrimsInstead of a quick half-hour trip home from her class at Damascus University, Lama Issa says she now must maneuver through security checkpoints, army tanks and blast walls – a two-hour journey that is often terrifying.
Tags: army tanks, Syrian capital, Lama Issa, Damascus University, blast walls, security checkpointsActivists are reporting clashes near the airport of the Syrian capital, Damascus, as Internet and cellular telephones continued to be cut for the third day.
Tags: Syrian capital, telephone service, Internet and cellular telephonesNorth Korea announced Saturday that it would attempt to launch a long-range rocket in mid-December, a defiant move just eight months after a failed April bid was widely condemned as a violation of a U.N. ban against… Thousands of people waving Egyptian flags and hoisting large pictures of the president are demonstrating across Egypt in support of … (more)
Tags: Syrian capital, North KoreaThe sound of machine gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades echoed throughout Damascus Tuesday, as rebels carried out at least 10 hit-and-run attacks on army checkpoints in the Syrian capital, activists reported.
Tags: military checkpoints, machine gun fire, Syrian rebels, Syrian capitalTurkey finalises agreements to arm its border with Patriot missiles as fighting in Syria rages near Damascus.
Tags: Syrian capital, Patriot missiles, Turkey finalises agreementsA California man behind an anti-Muslim film that roiled the Middle East will get a chance to respond to allegations that he violated the terms of his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.
Tags: the Middle East, car bomb, Syrian capitalA number of mortar shells slammed residential areas in a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital of Damascus Sunday evening, causing many injuries, Xinhua reported.
Tags: residential areas, Sunday evening, Syrian capital