Sources: Reuters
A car bombing kills at least 20 people and leaves 15 others wounded in Manbij, Syria. Most of the victims were female agricultural workers, according to local authorities. 2025-02-3
Syria's new government says that fourteen of its troops were killed and 10 others were injured in clashes with Assad regime loyalists in Tartus Governorate. 2024-12-25
After months of fighting, Syrian government forces retake control of Tulul al-Safa in southern Syria from ISIL. 2018-11-17
The Russian air force bombards the city of Madan and Zor Shamr Camp, south and east of Raqqa, Syria, with cluster bombs, killing six civilians and wounding 19 others. Nearby Alburamadan town was also struck; there are no reports of casualties. 2017-07-23
Syrian Democratic Forces begin a campaign to recapture Al-Raqqah from ISIL. 2016-11-6
At least three Russian troops fighting alongside the Syrian Army are reportedly killed after a shell hit their position in the coastal province of Latakia. If confirmed, the deaths would be the first Russian military casualties since intervening in the civil war in September. 2015-10-20
Saudi Arabia grants Lebanon US$1 billion to help the country in its conflict with self-declared jihadist fighters on the border with Syria. 2014-08-6
Five hundred people are killed in inter-factional fighting between an alliance of secular rebels and moderate Islamists against radical Islamists. 2014-01-11
In an official statement, the Iranian government congratulates the Syrian army and people for capturing Al-Qusayr. 2013-06-5
The United Nations Security Council is to convene an emergency meeting about the crisis, with Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan present. 2012-08-30