Damascus
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria.
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 Damascus2 named stories in 2024
Active · 1
- Nov 27, 2024 – Nov 6, 2026 · 88 stories
Gone quiet · 1
- Iran and Israel's first direct strikes on each other, in April and October 2024Dec 25, 2023 – Nov 13, 2024 · 66 stories
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Coverage over timeshare of the sources publishing each week in linked stories, by side, weeks overlapping 2024
Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025: whole weeks overlap 2024; counts include days outside 2024.
Jan 1, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025
Share of the sources publishing each week that covered it
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Week of Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025: 6 left, 26 center, 7 right, 20% of the sources that published that week · 48 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2024 - Jan 7, 2024 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 93 | 24% |
| Jan 8, 2024 - Jan 14, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jan 15, 2024 - Jan 21, 2024 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 62 | 18% |
| Jan 22, 2024 - Jan 28, 2024 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2% |
| Jan 29, 2024 - Feb 4, 2024 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 11% |
| Feb 5, 2024 - Feb 11, 2024 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3% |
| Feb 12, 2024 - Feb 18, 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | under 1% |
| Feb 19, 2024 - Feb 25, 2024 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 119 | 28% |
| Feb 26, 2024 - Mar 3, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 4, 2024 - Mar 10, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 11, 2024 - Mar 17, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 18, 2024 - Mar 24, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 25, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 1, 2024 - Apr 7, 2024 | 31 | 45 | 19 | 370 | 36% |
| Apr 8, 2024 - Apr 14, 2024 | 29 | 34 | 26 | 242 | 34% |
| Apr 15, 2024 - Apr 21, 2024 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 87 | 21% |
| Apr 22, 2024 - Apr 28, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 29, 2024 - May 5, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 6, 2024 - May 12, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 13, 2024 - May 19, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 20, 2024 - May 26, 2024 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2% |
| May 27, 2024 - Jun 2, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 3, 2024 - Jun 9, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 10, 2024 - Jun 16, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 17, 2024 - Jun 23, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 24, 2024 - Jun 30, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 1, 2024 - Jul 7, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 8, 2024 - Jul 14, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 15, 2024 - Jul 21, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 22, 2024 - Jul 28, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 29, 2024 - Aug 4, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 5, 2024 - Aug 11, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 12, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 19, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 26, 2024 - Sep 1, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 2, 2024 - Sep 8, 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | under 1% |
| Sep 9, 2024 - Sep 15, 2024 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 7% |
| Sep 16, 2024 - Sep 22, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 23, 2024 - Sep 29, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 30, 2024 - Oct 6, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 7, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 14, 2024 - Oct 20, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 21, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 28, 2024 - Nov 3, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 - Nov 10, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nov 11, 2024 - Nov 17, 2024 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5% |
| Nov 18, 2024 - Nov 24, 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3% |
| Nov 25, 2024 - Dec 1, 2024 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6% |
| Dec 2, 2024 - Dec 8, 2024 | 23 | 40 | 16 | 289 | 35% |
| Dec 9, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024 | 17 | 38 | 14 | 252 | 33% |
| Dec 16, 2024 - Dec 22, 2024 | 8 | 23 | 15 | 106 | 20% |
| Dec 23, 2024 - Dec 29, 2024 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 10% |
| Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 48 | 20% |
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 else24 updates in 2024 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about Damascus that are not part of any story yet
- Dec 17Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in Syrian mass graves, advocacy group says7 articles · 7 sources1 left, 4 center, 1 right
- Dec 9Syrians search notorious Assad jail for underground cells while freed prisoners rejoice15 articles · 9 sources1 left, 6 center, 1 right
- Nov 14At least 15 people killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Damascus13 articles · 12 sources2 left, 7 center, 1 right
- Feb 21Syria says an Israeli strike that hit a Damascus residential area killed 2 people16 articles · 11 sources3 left, 4 center, 1 right
- Feb 10Israeli airstrikes hit the outskirts of Damascus, Syrian military says7 articles · 7 sources2 left, 3 center, 2 right
- Jan 20– 21An Israeli Airstrike on the Syrian Capital Killed at Least 5 Iranian Advisers, Officials Say33 articles · 27 sources9 left, 11 center, 7 right
Stories that name Damascus
- Dec 26– 31Biden announces nearly $2.5 billion more in military aid for Ukraine43 articles · 29 sources4 left, 18 center, 5 right
- Dec 24UN investigative team says Syria's new authorities `very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes7 articles · 7 sources0 left, 3 center, 4 right
- Dec 8– 12Israel forces remain in Syria buffer zone, citing border security8 articles · 7 sources1 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Dec 5– 12Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza; U.S. officials discuss Syria48 articles · 21 sources5 left, 8 center, 5 right
- Nov 20Syrian state media says Israeli military strike killed 36 people in Syria's historic town of Palmyra7 articles · 7 sources3 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Sep 8– 9Israeli strikes in Syria leave 14 dead and more than 40 wounded, Syrian state media says25 articles · 19 sources4 left, 10 center, 2 right
- May 21Syria first lady diagnosed with leukaemia: presidency7 articles · 6 sources1 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Apr 8– 9Netanyahu vows to carry out Rafah invasion, which U.S. says would be a mistake25 articles · 20 sources3 left, 7 center, 8 right
- Apr 5– 6US actively preparing for significant attack by Iran that could come within the next week8 articles · 7 sources1 left, 3 center, 3 right
- Apr 4– 6Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv kill 6 and wound 1125 articles · 22 sources8 left, 7 center, 4 right