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The United States announces sanctions on two Russian individuals and three Russian companies for facilitating weapons transfers between Russia and North Korea.
2024-05-16

Two United States F-22 fighters intercept a pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers in international airspace near Alaska.
2020-10-20

Reacting to yesterday's announcement by the United States on the withdrawal of their forces from Syria, France's Defense Minister Florence Parly says on Twitter that ISIL has not yet been driven out of Syria.
2018-12-20

The United States imposes sanctions on twelve Russian owned companies, a Russian arms exporter, and a bank. The U.S. cites multiple reasons, including Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and military engagements in Ukraine, Crimea, and Syria, among others.
2018-04-6

A roadside bomb in Syria kills one British and one U.S. soldier and injures five more coalition personnel. It is the first death of a British soldier fighting ISIL.
2018-03-30

The U.S. Obama administration and the Russian Putin administration agree to a Syrian peace deal. The deal is intended to end combat in specified areas and create a joint center of combat to fight ISIL and Al-Nusra Front.
2016-09-10

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leaves for Moscow for talks on Syria and Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday. Kerry is also expected to discuss the case of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who today was sentenced to 22 years in prison in the city of Donetsk.
2016-03-22

U.S. cargo planes airdrop small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian rebels, including Kurdish groups such as YPG, in northern Syria.
2015-10-12

The United States rejects the invitation of Iran by the United Nations in peace talks involving Syria.
2014-01-20

The White House reports that the United States may have to use military action against Syria.
2013-04-26