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Twenty-six Kurdish separatist militants and eight civilians are killed by airstrikes launched by Turkey in the autonomous region of Rojava in Syria.
2023-12-25

Human Rights Watch calls the attack a war crime and says both Russia and Syria may bear criminal responsibility.
2018-04-9

The United States imposes sanctions on twelve Russian owned companies, a Russian arms exporter, and a bank. The U.S. cites multiple reasons, including Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and military engagements in Ukraine, Crimea, and Syria, among others.
2018-04-6

A court in Kuwait sentences a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death "in absentia" for the murder of their Filipino maid. The case sparked an Interpol manhunt and diplomatic tensions.
2018-04-3

Human Rights Watch releases a report finding, because of a language barrier, integration issues, and financial difficulties, more than 400,000 Syrian refugee children in Turkey are not able to attend school despite the Turkish government allowing them access to the Turkish schooling system.
2015-11-9

Human Rights Watch issues a report concluding that Syrian government forces were most likely to be responsible for chemical weapons attacks on two suburbs in Damascus on August 21.
2013-09-10

Two Orthodox Christian bishops kidnapped by gunmen in a rebel-held area in northern Syria are released.
2013-04-23

Turkey sends rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns to its border with Syria following the downing of a Turkish military plane last week.
2012-06-28

The Washington-based organisation Human Rights Watch accuses Syria of hiding hundreds of political detainees during a visit by Arab League monitors.
2011-12-28

Human Rights Watch calls on the Lebanese government to grant asylum to people fleeing from Syria.
2011-05-20