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Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria.

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176 linked stories in all years we hold

Via Wikimedia Commons (Flag of Damascus (until 2024))

The earliest story we hold is from Oct 20, 2021.

Stories involving Damascus1 named story in 2026

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Coverage over timeshare of the sources publishing each week in linked stories, by side, weeks overlapping 2026

Feb 9, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026

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Week of Nov 2, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026: 2 left, 3 center, 5 right, 2% of the sources that published that week · 12 articles

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Feb 9, 2026 - Feb 15, 2026435127%
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Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 1, 202601121%
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Jun 15, 2026 - Jun 21, 202610342%
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Jul 6, 2026 - Jul 12, 202691216557%
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Jul 20, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026254192%
Jul 27, 2026 - Aug 2, 20260011under 1%
Aug 3, 2026 - Aug 9, 2026222221%
Aug 10, 2026 - Aug 16, 20269712375%
Aug 17, 2026 - Aug 23, 2026356353%
Aug 24, 2026 - Aug 30, 2026384233%
Aug 31, 2026 - Sep 6, 202600000%
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Sep 21, 2026 - Sep 27, 20265113224%
Sep 28, 2026 - Oct 4, 20264185426%
Oct 5, 2026 - Oct 11, 20261012under 1%
Oct 12, 2026 - Oct 18, 202600000%
Oct 19, 2026 - Oct 25, 20260012under 1%
Oct 26, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026316132%
Nov 2, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026235122%

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Whole record, all years we hold

64 left · 74 center · 57 right: 195 sources on the spectrum, across 176 linked stories.

Everything else16 updates in 2026 not part of any story, newest first

Updates about Damascus that are not part of any story yet

  1. Nov 6US Military Could Be Headed To Damascus Under Trump’s New Plan2 articles · 2 sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right
  2. Aug 25– 27Syria's Kurdish-led SDF dissolves as part of integration with Damascus21 articles · 7 sources
    2 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Aug 18– 19UN atomic watchdog says found tons of nuclear material at Syria site8 articles · 7 sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
  4. Jul 12Syria's new parliament holds first session since Assad's ouster8 articles · 7 sources
    3 left, 0 center, 2 right
  5. Jun 30– Jul 2Syrian FM says Damascus open to meeting Hezbollah, after Trump said it should fight group5 articles · 5 sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right

Stories that name Damascus

  1. Oct 24– 28Jordan says it attacked militants in Syria tied to church assault. Syria says civilians killed28 articles · 17 sources
    3 left, 1 center, 6 right
  2. Sep 30– Oct 1Attackers open fire and kill 7 on a small passenger bus in Syria2 articles · 2 sources
    1 left, 0 center, 1 right
  3. Sep 25– 26Syrian dancer escaped ISIS and found freedom through ballet2 articles · 2 sources
    2 left, 0 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 25– Oct 1Manchester City guilty of almost all 115 financial charges, Premier League says in explosive verdict72 articles · 32 sources
    4 left, 16 center, 5 right
  5. Jul 25– 26At least 35 people killed after buses collide in Syria, state media reports15 articles · 11 sources
    2 left, 3 center, 3 right
  6. Jul 9Chemical weapons watchdog reinstates Syria’s voting rights7 articles · 6 sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  7. Jun 16Why Trump’s proposal for Syria to fight Hezbollah will send shudders across Lebanon5 articles · 5 sources
    1 left, 0 center, 3 right
  8. May 6– 8Australia charges two women linked to ISIS with slavery after return from Syria9 articles · 7 sources
    3 left, 3 center, 0 right
  9. Feb 23US military begins withdrawing from main base in northeast Syria, Syrian sources say5 articles · 4 sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right

Local coverage

  1. Aug 18– 20Lebanon extradites ex-Assad general to Syria for trial over alleged crimes8 articles · 6 sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  2. Aug 8– 9Lebanon detains Assad-era general and weighs his handover to Syria over alleged crimes5 articles · 5 sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right