Damascus to impose curfew

Damascus to impose curfew

News Flash: Al Jazeera reported on the 8th, citing Syrian opposition forces, that Damascus will impose a curfew from 16:00 that day to 5:00 the next day.

The Syrian opposition announced on the 8th that a curfew would be imposed in Damascus from 16:00 to 5:00 the next day. Video footage broadcast by multiple media outlets showed that Syrian opposition members had entered the presidential palace that day.

Huge explosions were heard several times in Damascus on the 8th, and there were reports that suspected Israeli fighter jets had launched an air strike on an air base in southern Syria.