Rebel forces enter the city of Homs, eventually capturing the city after hours of urban warfare to oust Assad loyalists. Rebels also capture Homs Central Prison and release around 3,500 prisoners. 2024-12-7
Turkish artillery shelling kills a Russian soldier and injures four others in northern Aleppo governorate, Syria. 2023-06-12
Eurocontrol warns airlines to operate with care over the Mediterranean Sea owing to planned airstrikes in Syria. 2018-04-10
The White Helmets reports that Syrian government and Russian warplanes, using rockets and internationally-banned weapons - including vacuum bombs, repeatedly strike residential areas in the town of Al-Lataminah and six villages in Idlib province, killing 22 people. 2017-12-28
ISIL forces raid an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base in vast desert spaces of eastern Homs Governorate, Syria, manned by between 12 to 18 fighters, all but one of which are killed. 2017-08-11
A car bomb strikes a convoy of buses near Aleppo which were carrying evacuees from the pro-government towns of Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya. Over 100 people are killed. 2017-04-15
The Obama administration through the U.S. State Department announces the suspension of bilateral talks with Russia about the cessation of hostilities in Syria, as Russia and the Syrian government continue to pursue a military course despite the ceasefire accord. 2016-10-3
A car bomb kills Syrian Kurdish politician Isa Huso outside his home near the Syrian-Turkish border. 2013-07-30
The Russian government organizes an evacuation for some of its citizens by transporting them to Lebanon and then flying them to Russia. 2013-01-22