Sources: BBC Oneindia
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documents three further reprisal massacres of Alawite minority communities on 12 March in which 158 civilians were killed, totaling 1,383 civilian deaths as a result of fifty separate massacres conducted in western Syria since March 6. 2025-03-12
A drone attack against a U.S. military base in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for the attack. 2024-02-5
A rocket attack targets a U.S. military base in Syria in retaliation for retaliatory airstrikes from the United States hours earlier. No damages or casualties are reported. 2023-03-24
The Syrian government and rebel forces reach an agreement to allow 7,500 people to evacuate from rebel-held Harasta, Eastern Ghouta. 2018-03-21
A Russian Air Force Mi-28 attack helicopter crashes near the Syrian city of Homs, killing two pilots. 2016-04-12
Representatives from about 20 countries meet in Vienna, Austria, seeking a political solution to Syria's four-year civil war that has killed more than 250,000 people, including dozens more today. For the first time Iran is at the table, where diplomats seek peace through a ceasefire plan followed by a transitional government. 2015-10-30
The United Nations General Assembly approves the first Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the multi-billion-dollar global trade in conventional arms with 154 votes in favor, three member states β Iran, North Korea and Syria β against the decision, and 23 abstentions. 2013-04-2
The internet and phone networks in Syria are cut off, in an unprecedented move. 2012-11-29
At least four people are shot dead by security forces during anti-government protests in Syria. 2011-04-17