Sources: BBC
Russia and Turkey announce a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib Governorate and rule out any military operations. 2018-09-17
The Prime Minister of Abkhazia Gennadi Gagulia dies in a car accident in Abkhazia after returning from a trip to Syria. 2018-09-8
Kurdish officials say they plan to declare a federal region in northern Syria after being excluded from peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending the 5-year-old conflict. The move will combine three Kurdish-led autonomous areas into a federal system in what is set to alarm neighboring Turkey. 2016-03-16
Jaysh al-Nasr rebels say they have shot down a fighter jet over the Hama Governorate in western Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the shoot down, saying a rebel group had brought down the jet by firing two heat-seeking missiles. A pro-government source acknowledged that a MiG-21 warplane went down over Kafr Nabudah, but said it was due to “technical difficulties”, denying it had been shot down. 2016-03-12
The Lebanese Army states that 14 soldiers have been killed and 22 are missing after alleged clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters on the Syrian border. 2014-08-4
A suicide bomber kills four people and injures 26 in the Lebanese town of Hermel, a Hezbollah stronghold near the Syrian border. 2014-01-16
Syrian rebels capture an ammunition depot with anti-tank missiles and rockets north of Damascus. 2013-08-3
At least 95 people are killed across Syria according to the Local Coordination Committees, including 46 in Damascus and its suburbs. 2012-11-15
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
Hamas bans Fatah supporters from holding a rally in the Gaza Strip as representatives of the two parties prepare to meet in Syria to discuss ways of resolving the conflict between them. 2010-11-9