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High-ranking Iranian general Sayyed Razi Mousavi is killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
2023-12-25

Israeli Air Force warplanes launch airstrikes against Syria after a S-200 missile landed 30 km away from the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center in Southern Israel. The IDF says the missile was launched from southern Syria. Residents in both central Israel and the West Bank report loud explosions.
2021-04-21

The bodies of ten Syrian men are found after a snowstorm on the Lebanon–Syria border. The Lebanese Army says they tried to enter Lebanon illegally. Two presumed people smugglers are arrested.
2018-01-19

Syrian government troops and allied militia retake Abu Kamal, ISIL's last urban stronghold in Syria.
2017-11-19

According to Syrian state television, ISIL militants kidnapped over 300 staff members from a cement factory outside of the city of Al-Dumayr earlier this week and no contact with them has been made since.
2016-04-7

Turkey says its military shelled Kurdish PYD positions in Azaz, in northern Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the Menagh Military Airbase and a nearby village, recently captured by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces group, were also hit.
2016-02-13

Syrian government air strikes around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo kill 40 people.
2013-11-23

Pope Benedict XVI addresses ambassadors and diplomats from nearly 180 countries gathered in the Apostolic Palace’s Sala Regia. They are present for the Pope’s traditional address to members of the diplomatic corps who are accredited to the Holy See. Pope Benedict urges an end to the “slaughter” in Syria and stresses the “grave responsibility” to work for peace around the world.
2013-01-7

The United Nations suspends operations in Syria and withdraws non-essential staff as the Syrian civil war worsens.
2012-12-3

Syrian Civil War: Violence between government forces and rebels continues in several Syrian provinces.
2012-09-16