The city is located in Damascus countryside about 8 kilometers west of Damascus, it is too near of Maza Damascene neighborhood and Moz’zamiah city, as it’s one of the biggest cities in Western Ghouta.
Monday 13/1/2014, Eastern area of Daraya city was shelled with bombs, most likely to be toxic chemical; it caused injuries among Free Syrian Army’s fighters.
Syrian Network for Human Rights has received a copyof report issued by Medical Office of Local Council for the City of Daraya confirms that the symptoms appeared on the injuries are very similar to those happened in May and August of 2013, when Government Forces shelled the city by poisonous gases.