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Israel launches an airstrike against a vehicle in Tyre, Lebanon, killing two Hezbollah members, including commander Ali Hudruj, and two other people in a nearby orchard.
2024-01-20

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to attend an Arab League summit, the first since Syria was readmitted following a 12-year suspension due to the civil war.
2023-05-19

According to Syrian state media, two suicide bombers attack in Damascus, killing at least 31 people.
2017-03-15

The Syrian government offers an amnesty for rebels who surrender within three months.
2016-07-28

U.S. cargo planes airdrop small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian rebels, including Kurdish groups such as YPG, in northern Syria.
2015-10-12

In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, blogger Raif Badawi receives 50 lashes for "insulting Islam". This first punishment is part of a sentence of ten years' imprisonment and 1,000 lashes. He will receive 50 lashes a week for 19 more weeks.
2015-01-9

The Islamic State loses control of three towns in the area around Al-Asharah to local tribesmen.
2014-08-3

Secretary of State John Kerry asserts the United States now has evidence of sarin gas use in Syria from hair and blood samples.
2013-09-1

The U.N team in charge of the investigation on the alleged recent chemical attacks in Syria comes under fire from snipers; none of the U.N. delegates are injured and the team reaches one of the alleged hit sites. The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry describes the attack as "a shame and an offense to the world and humanity that deserves the proper punishment".
2013-08-26

Syrian civil war: Car bombs explode in predominately Christian neighborhoods in Damascus and Aleppo, killing at least 13, as talks between the Assad and U.N. peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi continue.
2012-10-21