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Following a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the White House says that Turkish Armed Forces will launch an incursion into Syrian Democratic Forces-held northern Syria, and that United States Armed Forces will be withdrawing from the region to avoid clashing with its NATO ally.
2019-10-6

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects the Russian military’s request to resume airstrikes in eastern Aleppo, instead letting the humanitarian pause continue.
2016-10-28

At least eight people are reportedly killed as a car bomb explodes at a checkpoint south of Damascus.
2016-04-25

The Western-backed Syrian rebel group, the Free Syrian Army, says one of its 'leading officers' has been killed in a Russian airstrike in the central Homs Governorate.
2015-09-30

The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the military base Brigade 93 and enter the town of Ayn Issa, the first defense line of ISIL north of its de facto capital al-Raqqah.ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of Palmyra. [http:--www.euronews.com-2015-06-23-isil-claims-destruction-of-palmyra-has-begun- (euronews)]Military intervention against ISIL
2015-06-23

ISIL releases an Internet video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.
2014-09-2

Peter Theo Curtis, an American citizen, is released by an al-Qaida-linked group after two years in captivity.
2014-08-24

Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi makes an official statement, extending an invitation to the opposition for dialogue aimed at achieving a political solution to the conflict.
2013-02-9

A White House government official says the United States may consider a no-fly zone over the rebel-held territory in Syria.
2012-08-9