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DAMASCUS

Damascus, Syria
WORLD
Oct 3, 2023
'Left to die': Report exposes horrors at Syria army hospital
Syrian authorities abused and left detainees to die at a Damascus military hospital, using the facility to cover up torture of prisoners, a report said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2019
Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes in Syria; Damascus says two killed
Israel said its aircraft struck dozens of Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria on Wednesday in retaliation for rockets fired toward Israel a day earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 30, 2018
Syrian army tightens noose around Islamic State-held Palestinian camp in Damascus
Syrian troops on Sunday tightened the noose around a Palestinian refugee camp held by Islamic State militants in southern Damascus where hundreds of civilians face an uncertain future, state media, witnesses and residents said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2018
U.N. warns of dire situation as Syrian army pounds Damascus Palestinian camp
The Syrian army on Thursday intensified its bombardment of a besieged camp for Palestinian refugees and nearby rebel-held areas in southern Damascus, the last area near the capital outside government control.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
Russia threatens military response if U.S. strikes Damascus government quarter
Russia said on Tuesday it had information that the United States planned to bomb the government quarter in Damascus on an invented pretext, and said it would respond militarily if it felt Russian lives were threatened by such an attack.
WORLD
Dec 5, 2017
Syria says it intercepted 3 of 4 Israeli missiles fired at military facility near Damascus
Syrian state media on Monday said Israel had fired missiles at a Syrian military facility in the Damascus countryside, adding that Syrian air defense systems had intercepted three of the missiles.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2017
Islamic State takes credit as suicide bomber trio kill at least two in Damascus police HQ attack
Three men blew themselves up near the police headquarters in central Damascus on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring six others, state media said, citing the interior ministry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 20, 2017
Syria evacuations resume, bringing Damascus-area town under Assad's control
The last rebel fighters have left the Syrian town of Zabadani near Damascus as part of a reciprocal evacuation deal for four besieged towns that had been interrupted after a bomb attack hit one convoy, state media and a war monitor said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2017
Islamic State attacks airbase near Damascus, kills at least 14 Syrian troops
Islamic State fighters killed at least 14 Syrian soldiers in a fierce attack on a military airport northeast of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 8, 2016
Red Cross aid reaches besieged Damascus suburb but Daraya being 'starved out'
The Red Cross said on Sunday it had delivered more food and hygiene kits for around 3,500 people in the besieged Syrian suburb of Mouadamiya near Damascus, expecting to send more in the coming days.
WORLD
Dec 25, 2015
U.N.-brokered deal gives Islamic State kin, wounded safe passage out of strife-torn Damascus enclave
Hundreds of families of Islamic State militants and some injured fighters are expected to leave rebel-held areas of southern Damascus under a U.N.-brokered deal, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2015
Blast targeting bus near Shiite shrine in Damascus kills six
A bomb tore apart a bus thought to be carrying Lebanese Shiite Muslim pilgrims in Damascus on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 19 in a rare attack at the center of the Syrian capital, a Reuters witness and local media said.

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