BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab witnesses dramatic changes to her home country after eight years away.

Verified footage shows damage to a residential building near a school in Syria's capital Damascus.

Footage shows the aftermath of an air strike in the Mezzeh area of Damascus.

Another four soldiers are wounded in the missile attack near the capital Damascus, Syria's state media say.

Syria's army says a soldier is among the dead, after rockets hit a high-security area of the capital.

At least 18 soldiers are reported dead in one of the deadliest attacks in months near the capital.