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The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria.
2018-02-24

Syrian government airstrikes, and rockets from Islamist insurgents, hit many neighborhoods in Aleppo. Fatalities are reported on both sides of the city. This continued fighting threatens the truce and peace talks being held in Geneva, Switzerland. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says he will meet the government delegation Monday, and will sit down with the main opposition High Negotiations Committee later in the week.
2016-04-16

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets in Vienna, Austria, with the foreign ministers of Turkey and Saudi Arabia, as well as the U.N. special envoy for Syria, ahead of Saturday's next round of international summits on the Syrian Civil War. The talks, aimed toward a cease-fire in Syria's devastating war and a political transition to a post-war government, will include senior officials from 19 nations-groups and, as in October, Iran will participate.
2015-11-13

Eleven people, including six members of a United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons fact finding mission, are attacked near Hama in central Syria.
2014-05-27

The United Nations suspends its peacekeeping mission in Syria amid escalating violence.
2012-06-16

Clashes continue in Syria as United Nations observers are due to arrive in the country.
2012-04-15

More than 1,000 people are arrested in Syria amid ongoing protests
2011-05-4

Snipers in the city of Latakia, Syria, kill at least three people as protests continue.
2011-03-26

Demonstrators defy a government ban in the Syrian capital Damascus and protest for a second day, demanding the release of political prisoners.
2011-03-16

Syrian protestors call for "a day of anger" against the Syrian government.
2011-02-4