Six people are killed and 20 others are injured during a bombing at the Sayyidah Zaynab's Shi'ite mosque in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. 2023-07-27
A battle between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian soldiers kills two SDF fighters and two government soldiers. 2022-03-1
Backed by Russian airstrikes, Syrian Army troops take control of most of the Aleppo countryside, including the towns of Anadan, Haritan and Kafr Hamrah and over 30 villages amid a collapse in rebel defences. Much of the area has been under rebel control since 2012. 2020-02-16
ISIL also claims responsibility for the killing of an Armenian priest and his father. 2019-11-11
The Syrian Army breaks the nine month long siege of the Deir ez-Zor Airport by ISIL militants. 2017-09-9
Russia expands its military presence in Syria with an additional airbase that can accommodate fixed-winged military aircraft. The U.S. Department of Defense also confirms that Russia added S-400 surface-to-air missiles to its Syrian stockpile and armed its military aircraft with air-to-air missiles. According to Military Times, "A Pentagon spokesman expressed concern" these moves indicate Russia's commitment to aiding the embattled Assad regime as opposed to combating ISIL. No Syrian opposition groups including ISIL have combat-ready aircraft that require air-to-air missiles. 2015-12-2
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)] 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.2015-06-23
France and six other states recognize the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. 2012-11-13