Sources: Al Jazeera
A U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent interagency convoy brings food and medical aid to 40,000 people on the verge of starvation in the towns of Kafr Batna and Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus for the first time since June 2016. 2017-10-30
Syrian rebels, who have benefited from the "covert" CIA military aid program, say they have not been officially informed of the U.S. decision to stop this aid, and add that its full impact depends on whether U.S. allies Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey continue to support their fight. A Free Syrian Army commander warns this decision risks triggering the collapse of the moderate opposition. 2017-07-20
The SOHR and Amaq announce that ISIL has captured an oil field north-west of Palmyra. 2016-12-10
YPG led forces capture the strategic town Sarrin from ISIL after a month-long offensive. [http:--www.dailystar.com.lb-News-Middle-East-2015-Jul-27-308468-syrian-kurdish-ypg-militia-aided-by-us-led-airstrikes-takes-over-isis-held-town-of-sarrin-in.ashx (The Daily Star)]Battle of Sarrin (June–July 2015)2015-07-27
The Arab League summit begins in Qatar, Doha, with the Syria conflict and possible talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban among the key issues. 2013-03-26
Arab League officials say the Syrian opposition, the National Coalition, will represent the country in the upcoming summit in Doha, Qatar. 2013-03-25
Syrian opposition groups sign a deal in Qatar to form a coalition against president Bashar al-Assad. 2012-11-11
Qatar says the government of Syria is waging a "war of extermination" against their own citizens. 2012-10-30
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates urge their citizens to leave Lebanon over a series of recent kidnappings involving nationals from Syria, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. 2012-08-15
Lamia al-Hariri, Syrian ambassador to Cyprus, and her husband Abdelatif al-Dabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UAE, defect to Qatar. 2012-07-25