13 people killed in a powerful bomb that rocked Damascus

A powerful bomb rocked Damascus on Tuesday, killing 13 people and wounding 70, Syrian state TV reported, a day after the country’s prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily protected capital. (more…)

Syrian regime official shot dead in Damascus restaurant

Gunmen killed a government official in a Damascus restaurant, Syrian state media and activists reported Friday as regime troops and rebels fought fierce battles near the Lebanese border.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the official, Ali Ballan, was gunned down late Thursday in Mazzeh, a western neighborhood of the Syrian capital. (more…)

Central Damascus rocked by bomb explosion

An explosion tore through central Damascus on Monday and government accounts said a car-bomb had killed 15 people in a blast that rattled windows, spread chaos and sent billows of dark smoke over an area that had been packed with people forming lines at banks, insurance (more…)

Syrian regime air force bombs Damascus province

Syria’s air force launched new air strikes on Friday on rebel bastions near Damascus, as clashes raged in flashpoints across the country two years after the anti-regime uprising began, a watchdog said. (more…)

Fighting Drives an Old Sense of Peace From Damascus

Business has been terrible for Abu Tareq, a taxi driver, so last week, without telling his wife, he agreed to drive a man to the Damascus airport for 10 times the usual rate. But, he said later, he will not be doing that again.

On the airport road, he could hear the crash of artillery and the whiz of sniper fire. Dead rebels and soldiers lay on the roadsides. Abu Tareq saw a dog eating the body of a soldier. (more…)

Syria’s endgame in sight as rebels advance

Hell came to Damascus months ago. It’s loud and scary in Syria’s capital. But now, this week, something seems different.

It feels worse. And that makes Leena feel better.

The Damascus resident, who sides with the rebellion, says it means the forces fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad are winning. (more…)

Syria: Twin car bombs in Damascus kill at least 34 people

Dozens of people were killed Wednesday morning in four consecutive explosions that rocked a pro-regime suburb of the Syrian capital.

Twin car bombings first struck Jaramana around rush hour near the town’s main square. (more…)

10 children killed by cluster bombs in Damascus playground

A government jet has dropped cluster bombs over a playground in Damascus, leaving 10 children dead and others wounded, Syrian activists have reported.

Separately activists said war planes bombed a rebel headquarters near the Turkish border on Monday but appeared to miss their target. (more…)

1 dead several injuries in Damascus embassy area attack

Beirut, Lebanon- A mortar shell smashed into a Damascus upmarket district that houses several embassies, killing one person and injuring several others, a watchdog and Syria’s official media said on Wednesday. (more…)

Damascus car bomb kills six

A car bomb in southern Damascus killed six people on Wednesday, state television said, as international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi pushed for a temporary ceasefire in Syria.

“The terrorist explosion caused by the car bomb in Daf al-Shok caused the martyrdom of six citizens (more…)