Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israel and Syria has "collapsed" and orders the Israel Defense Forces to occupy the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. 2024-12-8
Heavy fighting is reported in and around Hama as rebel forces enter the city and capture three neighbourhoods. 2024-12-4
At least nine people are killed and at least 62 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on Idlib. 2024-12-1
Russia deploys two frigates, "Admiral Makarov" and "Admiral Grigorovich", armed with Kalibr cruise missiles to the Eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast. 2020-02-28
The Syrian Army (SAA) and allies announce the complete liberation of Deir ez-Zor from ISIL. 2017-11-3
Russian aircraft carry out air strikes on the Christian-majority Qaina and Yaqobia villages, in the western countryside of Idlib, killing a child and injuring 5 others. 2017-09-27
The Pentagon rejects a Russian proposal to stage joint airstrikes against Al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria. 2016-05-21
France says it has carried out its first air-strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant within Syria, destroying a training camp in the east of the country. Previously, France had only carried out air-strikes in Iraq with consent of the Iraqi government. 2015-09-27
The Free Syrian Army claims to have surrounded Tiftinaz military airport in the city of Aleppo. 2012-08-29
An UN official estimates that 1 million people are uprooted by the conflict. 2.5 million people need urgent humanitarian aid, up from 1 million in March.2012-08-16