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At least 130 Russian airstrikes have killed 21 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the past 24 hours in the Badia desert, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
2021-02-20

The Russian Ministry of Defence says the Syrian Army has gained control over Manbij and the surrounding area, adding, "Cooperation with the Turkish side has been arranged". The U.S. military spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve announces the United States has withdrawn their forces from Manbij.
2019-10-15

ISIL militants execute 12 people in Palmyra, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
2017-01-19

The United States and Russia broker a truce which is due to come into effect on midnight 27 February.
2016-02-22

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says the country's recent tensions with Iran will not interfere with Syrian peace talks scheduled to begin in Geneva, Switzerland, later this month.
2016-01-5

U.S. Military officials announce that a military airstrike in northwest Syria killed a financial manager and leader of an al Qaeda network. Sanafi al-Nasr, of Saudi Arabia, was said to have been plotting terror attacks against the West.
2015-10-18

A mosque bombing in northern Syria kills 15 members of Al Qaida's affiliate Nusra Front.
2015-07-4

Fighters from an Al Qaeda-linked rebel group kill 12 members of the minority Alawite sect in central Syria after seizing their village, opposition activists say.
2013-09-11

Syrian civil war: The United Nations says 4 million people could require humanitarian aid by 2013.
2012-11-9

Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges support for the rebels in a new video uploaded to a jihadist website.
2012-10-28