The United States Central Command says that a Russian military jet damaged an MQ-9 Reaper drone in Syrian airspace on July 23, by ejecting flares while flying "dangerously close" to the U.S. aircraft. 2023-07-25
Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, for the first time since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War ten years ago, to discuss "ways to develop cooperation in different sectors that are of common interest". 2021-11-9
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 Syrian Army and its allies recapture the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 2017-03-2
A car bomb explodes in the Syrian village of Sousian, north of al-Bab, killing at least 60 people. 2017-02-24
Reuters reports nearly 150 people are killed and at least 200 wounded in a series of car bomb and suicide attacks in the Syrian cities of Jableh and Tartus in government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group claims responsibility. 2016-05-23
France announces that it will propose a United Nations Security Council resolution proposing that Syria hand over its chemical weapons to international control. 2013-09-10
In an official statement, the Iranian government congratulates the Syrian army and people for capturing Al-Qusayr. 2013-06-5
Syrian civil war: The Syrian government announces via its state media that it will suspend military operations from Friday to Monday, during this year's Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, as part of a ceasefire proposal by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. 2012-10-25