Syrian Army troops and Liwa al-Quds militiamen seize control of the strategic town of Busra al-Harir in the southern Daraa Governorate. Around 45,000 people have been displaced in the region due to recent fighting. 2018-06-26
Russia sends 175 demining combat engineers to defuse mines in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. 2017-09-11
Syrian government forces and Kurdish People's Protection Units capture more than a third of rebel-controlled eastern Aleppo. 2016-11-28
Several bombings kill at least 40 people in government and Kurdish held territory across Syria, including Tartus, Homs, Al-Hasakah and Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility. 2016-09-5
More than 72 are killed in clashes between Al-Nusra Front and Syrian government forces in Khan Tuman south of Aleppo, Syria. 2016-05-6
The US government confirms that an American man believed to have been fighting alongside Islamist militants in Syria has been killed; the total number of Americans killed while taking part in the civil war rises to three. 2014-08-27
Russia's foreign minister Lavrov expresses regret that the West accepts terrorist acts in Syria according to its political considerations. 2012-09-12