Damascus
City
Capital of Syria and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1896 Ottoman Empire
- 1898 – August 9, 1920 Ottoman Empire
- August 10, 1920 – October 23, 1945 France Mandate or administration
- April 17, 1946 – February 21, 1958 Syria
- February 22, 1958 – September 28, 1961 United Arab Republic
- since September 29, 1961 Syria
Capital of
Events here 13
- July 24, 1920 1920 capture of Damascus
- March 29, 1949 1949 Syrian coup d'état
- February 1, 1954 1954 Syrian coup d'état
- September 28, 1961 1961 Syrian coup d'état
- March 8, 1963 1963 Syrian coup d'état
- February 21–23, 1966 1966 Syrian coup d'état
- November 13, 1970 Corrective Movement (Syria)
- March 15, 2011 – December 8, 2024 Syrian civil war
- July 15 – August 4, 2012 Battle of Damascus (2012)
- April 1, 2024 Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus
- November 27 – December 8, 2024 Fall of the Assad regime
- December 2024 – December 8, 2024 Fall of Damascus (2024)
- June 22, 2025 Mar Elias Church attack