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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israel and Syria has "collapsed" and orders the Israel Defense Forces to occupy the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.
2024-12-8

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have taken control of Al-Baghuz Fawqani, following the surrender of the last remaining ISIL militants in the town.
2019-02-16

A Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-20 reconnaissance plane with 14 servicemen on board disappears from radar over the Mediterranean Sea during the missile attack on Syria's Latakia Governorate. A U.S. official claims the Syrian Army inadvertently shot it down while attempting to intercept missiles, while Russia detected a missile launch from a French FREMM multipurpose frigate.
2018-09-17

ISIL's third attack against the Syrian government's forces in the city of Deir ez-Zor reportedly splits the government held area in two. An estimated 14,000 ISIL fighters are participating in the attack according to the government.
2017-01-16

A Syrian child is transferred to an Israeli hospital near Tiberias for emergency treatment after being injured during clashes in Syria, near the Israeli border, between rebels and Syrian Army.
2014-02-16

The Saudi army is on full alert after the US-led West increased the level of its threats and said a strike on Syria may come within the next few days.
2013-08-28

The 39th G8 summit gets underway in Northern Ireland with the Syrian civil war high on the agenda.
2013-06-17

Twin suicide bombings in Marjeh Square in Damascus kill at least 14 people and injure 31. [http:--news.ninemsn.com.au-world-2013-06-11-07-02-syria-rebels-converge-on-aleppo-airbase (AFP via NineMSN)]date=July 2019
2013-06-11

A car bomb attack by unknown people near a Palestinian refugee camp in the Damascene suburb of Sbeineh ("Sabina") kills at least 15 people. AFP says rebels claim the capture of the village of Harem near Idlib on the Turkish border, after a 3-day siege; the government still keeps air supremacy. U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says it is both conflict parties' duty to try to reach peace.
2012-09-2