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Two Syrian Air Force Su-24 jet aircraft are shot down by Turkish Air Force F-16s using air-to-air missiles over the Syria–Turkey border, while a Turkish drone is shot down by Syrian government forces in Idlib.
2020-03-1

A Syrian Air Force helicopter is shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Aleppo countryside, killing both pilots. It is the second Syrian helicopter to be shot down this week by Turkish-backed forces.
2020-02-14

Russia vetoes a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for a ceasefire in Aleppo. China, which had backed Russia's four previous Syria-related vetoes, abstains.
2016-10-8

More than 72 are killed in clashes between Al-Nusra Front and Syrian government forces in Khan Tuman south of Aleppo, Syria. [http:--www.i24news.tv-en-news-international-middle-east-112298-160506-more-than-70-dead-as-syria-army-battles-jihadists-south-of-aleppo-monitor (i24 News)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20160507124914-http:--www.voanews.com-content-jihadists-retake-syrian-village-near-aleppo-3318092.html (VOA News)] Aleppo offensive (May 2016)
2016-05-6

Islamic State fighters take control of a section of road running between the towns of Khanaser and Ithriya, southeast of Aleppo, according to a monitoring group. This threatens the Syrian army's only supply route into the city.
2015-10-23

Russian warplanes bomb Islamic State positions in the central Syrian city of Palmyra and in the northern Aleppo province, releasing videos that show them destroying 20 vehicles and 3 weapons depots.
2015-10-6

A Syrian government warplane attack in Aleppo leaves at least 15 civilians dead.
2013-08-17

A large explosion rocks Aleppo, Syria, causing several casualties. Syria TV says that it was a rocket launched by "terrorists". Syrian rebels state that it was a Syrian Air Force jet causing havoc in the city.
2013-01-18

Renewed violence is reported in the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Damascus, Homs and Idlib, as Syrian state television reports the death of one of its reporters.
2012-08-12

Heavy fighting continues in the Salaheddine District in Aleppo.
2012-08-8