A Russian jet launches an airstrike on the Rastan Bridge over the Orontes River in an attempt to impede the rebel advance on Al-Rastan. 2024-12-5
Turkish MoD states that last night 329 Syrian Army troops were "neutralized" and asserts that five helicopters, 23 tanks, 10 armored vehicles, 23 artillery and howitzers, five ammunition trucks, one SA-17 and one SA-22 air defense systems, three ammunition depots, two inventory depots and one headquarters building belonging to Syria's military were destroyed. 2020-02-28
Turkey says it has 'neutralized' 1,709 Syrian government elements in Idlib since 10 February 2020 and that it has destroyed 55 tanks, 3 helicopters, 18 armored vehicles, 29 howitzers, 21 military vehicles, 4 Docka anti-aircraft guns, 6 ammunition depots and 7 mortars in the operations. 2020-02-27
Eurocontrol warns airlines to operate with care over the Mediterranean Sea owing to planned airstrikes in Syria. 2018-04-10
The Syrian Army and its allies launch an offensive south of Aleppo. 2016-04-6
At least 20 Syrian rebels and 27 ISIS fighters are killed in a battle in Mare', Syria, in northern Aleppo Governorate near the Turkish border. 2015-09-5
More chemical attacks are reported, this time in the Damascus suburbs. 2014-04-16
French President François Hollande says "political solution" is the ultimate goal for Syria, sounding more cautious than earlier. "Everything must be done for a political solution but it will only happen if the coalition is able to appear as an alternative with the necessary force, notably from its army," he said. 2013-08-29
A diplomat claims that Maher Assad lost a leg in the Damascus bombing on 18 July 2012. 2012-08-16