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UPDATE: Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town: Activists
About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. Opposition sources and state media gave sharply differing accounts (...)

20 - 05 - 2013
Bomb in central Damascus kills 13, wounds 70
Syrian state television said 70 people were wounded, several critically. The British-based Syrian Observatory reported 9 dead civilians and 3 security men and said the death toll was likely to rise. Pro-government Al-Ikhbariya television showed firefighters running through thick smoke after the (...)

30 - 04 - 2013
BREAKING: Syrian prime minister survives bomb attack: TV
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus on Monday, according to a television channel run by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is close to President Bashar al-Assad. Syria's state television had earlier reported that a (...)

29 - 04 - 2013
6 day death toll may reach 250 near Damascus: Activist
Two Syrian activist groups say they fear the past six days of clashes in two Damascus suburbs may have killed hundreds of people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the number of dead could be as high as 250. Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Observatory, says the group has (...)

22 - 04 - 2013
Syrian regime battles rebels outside Damascus
Syrian activists say there are heavy clashes underway on the outskirts of Damascus between President Bashar Assad's troops and rebels trying to topple him. The activists say both sides have sustained losses in Wednesday's fighting. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the (...)

10 - 04 - 2013
Syria activists say 20 killed in army airstrikes
Syrian activists say government airstrikes killed at least 20 people as the army presses ahead with its campaign to crush the rebellion against President Bashar Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the strikes Sunday targeted the northern cities of Aleppo, Homs, Hama, (...)

07 - 04 - 2013
Watch: Syria destroys ancient synagogue
One of the oldest synagogues in the world was destroyed Friday by Syrian regime forces in the Damascus district of Jobar. A video posted online by the Syrian opposition military council shows the synagogue severely damaged after shelling in the area by forces loyal to President Bashar (...)

02 - 03 - 2013
Bomb hits central Damascus near ruling party building
A big explosion shook the central Damascus district of Mazraa on Thursday, residents said, while Syrian state media blamed the explosion on a suicide bombing by "terrorists" battling President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian television broadcast footage of at least four bodies strewn along a main street (...)

21 - 02 - 2013
Explosion in central Damascus, casualties reported
An explosion shook central Damascus on Thursday, residents said, and state media reported a "terrorist explosion" had caused casualties. Syrian television said the explosion was in the Mazraa district of the capital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors violence in the country, (...)

21 - 02 - 2013
Blasts near a presidential palace in Syria capital
Two mortar shells fired by "terrorists" exploded near the Tishreen presidential palace in the west of the Syrian capital on Tuesday, state news agency SANA reported. The mortars "landed near the southern wall of Tishreen palace, only causing damage", SANA quoted an unnamed official as saying, (...)

19 - 02 - 2013
Syria confirms Israeli jets bombed military site
Syrian state TV has confirmed that Israeli warplanes bombed a military research center northwest of the capital, Damascus. U.S. and regional security officials reported the strike Wednesday but did not say where it took place. State TV says the strike targeted a military research center in the area (...)

30 - 01 - 2013
Syrian rebels attack military airport in northwest
Syrian rebels, some from Islamist units, fired machineguns and mortars at helicopters grounded at a northern military air base near the main Aleppo-Damascus highway on Wednesday, a monitoring group said. The al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham Brigade and other units operating in Syria's (...)

02 - 01 - 2013
Air raid on petrol station in Damascus suburb kills 30-activists
At least 30 civilians were killed on Wednesday when Syrian warplanes bombed a petrol station in a rebellious suburb on the eastern edge of Damascus, two opposition campaigners on the scene said. "I counted at least 30 bodies. They were either burnt or dismembered," said Abu Saeed, an activist who (...)

02 - 01 - 2013
30 tortured bodies found in Damascus
Thirty tortured and disfigured bodies have been found in the northern Damascus neighbourhood of Barzeh, the scene of regular clashes between regime troops and rebels, a watchdog said on Monday. "Thirty bodies were found in the Barzeh district. They bore signs of torture and have so far not been (...)

31 - 12 - 2012
Fighting erupts Syria Palestinian camp
Fierce fighting rocked the Yarmuk refugee camp in southern Damascus on Tuesday as rebels fought to drive out a pro-regime Palestinian militia, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The renewed clashes came two days after warplanes bombed the camp for the first time since the start of (...)

18 - 12 - 2012
Activists: Syrian fighter jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus
Syrian fighter jets fired at least two rockets at the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in Damascus on Sunday, for the first time since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad erupted last year, activists in the capital said. They said dozens of people were killed when at least one rocket hit a mosque (...)

16 - 12 - 2012
Damascus blasts kill 1 & several injured
At least one person was killed and several people were wounded by two bomb blasts in the Syrian capital and a southeastern suburb of the city on Wednesday, the SANA state news agency said. "Terrorists blew up two bombs laden with explosives behind the Palace of Justice in the (central) Qanawat (...)

12 - 12 - 2012
Syria: Internet, phone service back in Damascus
Syrian state media says Internet and telephone service have been restored in Damascus following a two-day, nationwide communications blackout. The SANA state news agency says technical teams restored the services Saturday. It wasn't clear whether service to the rest of the country was being (...)

01 - 12 - 2012
Twin car bombs kill 20 in Syria, hospitals say
Twin car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and leaving dozens critically wounded, according to state media and hospital officials. The state news agency, SANA, said two cars packed with explosives detonated at 6:45 Wednesday morning. The blasts went off in (...)

28 - 11 - 2012
Twin Bomb Blasts Shake Damascus Suburb
At least 20 people have been killed and many injured by two bomb explosions in a south-eastern district of Syria's capital, Damascus, activists say. The Sana news agency said "terrorists" were behind the blasts in Jaramana. Television pictures showed firemen hosing down the charred wrecks of two (...)

28 - 11 - 2012
Syrian Rebels 'Seize Airport Near Iraq'
Syrian rebels say they have captured an airport used by Syria's military near the Iraqi border, strengthening their hold on the recently seized border town of Albu Kamal. President Bashar al-Assad's forces retaliated by bombing the airport with fighter jets, Ziad al-Amir, a local opposition (...)

18 - 11 - 2012
Syria rebels seize airport near Iraqi border-Activists
Rebels captured an airport used by Syria's military near the Iraqi border on Saturday, activists said, a move which they said would allow them to maintain their hold on the recently seized border town of Albu Kamal. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have retaliated by bombing the airport with (...)

17 - 11 - 2012
Syria rebels seize airport near Iraqi border: activists
Rebels captured an airport used by Syria's military near the Iraqi border on Saturday, activists said, a move which they said would allow them to maintain their hold on the recently seized border town of Albu Kamal. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have retaliated by bombing the airport with (...)

17 - 11 - 2012
Syrian rebels kill 10 pro-Assad Palestinian militiamen
Syrian rebels killed 10 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), a faction loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, on Wednesday in clashes near a Palestinian camp in Damascus, opposition sources said. Fighting between the two sides has escalated in the (...)

07 - 11 - 2012
Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers on army checkpoints
Syrian rebels killed 28 soldiers in attacks on three army checkpoints on the main road from Damascus to the embattled city of Aleppo Thursday, a watchdog said. 5 rebels were also killed in the attacks near the city of Saraqeb in Syria's northwest, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human (...)

01 - 11 - 2012
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