Ten SDF fighters and five Syrian soldiers are killed by Turkish drone strikes in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. 2023-06-14
Kurdish-led fighters completely encircle the ISIL-held town of Manbij, near the Turkish border, while Syrian forces move closer to ISIL's de facto capital, Raqqa. 2016-06-10
The al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate, assaults the Free Syrian Army's 13th Division in Maarrat al-Nu'man, killing seven FSA fighters with 40 captured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Nusra seized anti-tank missiles, armored vehicles, a tank, and other arms from the U.S.-backed division. 2016-03-13
Under a United Nations agreement, vehicles are set to ferry scores of insurgents from rebel-held Al-Zabadani to Turkey. Families from two besieged Shi'ite towns in the mainly rebel-held Idlib province are also headed to the border and will eventually fly on to Beirut. 2015-12-28
Islamic State fighters seize control of Mahin, a town in Syria's central Homs province, following clashes with government forces which left about 50 dead. Fighting was also reported to be taking place on the outskirts of Sadad, a nearby town mostly populated by Christians. 2015-11-1
The Lebanese Army states that 14 soldiers have been killed and 22 are missing after alleged clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters on the Syrian border. 2014-08-4
Syrian rebels attack a gas pipeline close to Damascus International Airport, causing a country-wide power outage. 2013-10-23
An Israeli military intelligence analyst states that Syria has used chemical weapons repeatedly over the past month. He also criticizes the international community for not responding to the use of the weapons. 2013-04-23
The Syrian Army claims success in its major ground offensive against the opposition-held neighborhoods of Aleppo. 2012-08-9
A White House government official says the United States may consider a no-fly zone over the rebel-held territory in Syria. 2012-08-9