Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem demands the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. and Turkish troops from his country and warns that Syrian government forces have the right to take countermeasures if they refuse. 2019-09-28
It is revealed a recent airstrike mounted by Israel against an airbase in Syria targeted an Iranian Tor missile air defence system. 2018-04-18
The Syrian Army lifts the 28-month-long siege of Deir ez-Zor by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-us-mideast-crisis-syria-syrian-army-allies-break-islamic-state-siege-in-eastern-city-idUSKCN1BG1G6 (Reuters)] [http:--bbcspain.localizer.co-news-world-middle-east-41162683 (BBC News)]date=April 2020 2017-09-5
Syrian government warplanes bomb Kurdish-held areas of Al-Hasakah for the first time in the country's five-year civil war, killing at least 13 people. 2016-08-18
The United States Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel claims that US intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence" that the Government of Syria has used sarin gas during the past two years in the civil war. The Israeli and British governments made similar statements. 2013-04-25
Syrian Civil War: Fire rages through the Souq of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site. 2012-09-29
Two car bombs explode near a hospital in Aleppo that was recently turned into an army barracks. At least 17 people are reported killed and more than 40 others injured. 2012-09-9
In response to the Syrian civil war, the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit organized by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation begins in Makkah Al Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia, for two days. 2012-08-15