A Russian airstrike on a camp run by rebels of the Sham Legion in Kafr Takharim kills at least 35, according to a rebel source. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) puts the death toll at 78. 2020-10-26
The UNHCHR Michelle Bachelet says she is "horrified" by the deliberate targeting of civilians in the recent offensive in northwestern Syria and accuses the parties involved. 2020-02-18
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant releases footage which apparently show its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urging his followers to expand their attacks against "crusaders and apostates". 2017-09-28
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
ISIL militants reportedly execute 175 workers who were captured earlier this week at a cement factory situated to the east of Damascus. 2016-04-8
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces take control of Tell Rifaat in the Aleppo Governorate after pushing back mostly Islamist rebel fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2016-02-15
A mortar attack on the coastal city of Latakia kills at least 23 and injures 65. 2015-11-10
Two suicide car bombs explode south of Damascus, Syria, near a mosque killing many people. 2013-01-18