Sources: AFP via Yahoo! NZ News
Russia deploys two frigates, "Admiral Makarov" and "Admiral Grigorovich", armed with Kalibr cruise missiles to the Eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast. 2020-02-28
The leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia meet in Ankara. They declare their commitment to achieving a "lasting ceasefire" in Syria. 2018-04-4
Russia blocks agreement on a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day truce in Syria. A formal vote is postponed. 2018-02-22
A Russian airstrike using napalm kills at least ten civilians, including four children and six women from one family, in Idlib's town of Khan Shaykhun, according to the leader of the White Helmets. 2017-12-17
Russian president Vladimir Putin says a ceasefire has been brokered between the Syrian government and rebel forces. The ceasefire is said to be guaranteed by Russia and Turkey and would exclude UN-denominated terror organizations such as ISIL and al-Nusra. The FSA says it would abide by the truce, while Ahrar al-Sham expresses "reservations". 2016-12-29
Russian war planes allegedly bomb a refugee camp near the border with Jordan, killing at least eight people. 2016-07-13
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says suspected Russian airstrikes kill 32 civilians, half of them women and children, in three areas in northern Syria. No suspected militants were killed in the attacks. 2015-12-18
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that increased airstrikes by Russia have forced humanitarian assistance organizations to curtail their relief efforts, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in northern Syria. 2015-12-15
At least four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran, according to US officials. Damage or casualties are not yet known. Russia and Iran rejected these reports. 2015-10-8
Russia calls for a joint United Nations-Arab League inquiry on terrorist mass slaughters of civilians. 2012-08-29