France is put on high alert due to concerns of ISIL revenge attacks. 2019-10-27
The Netherlands halts funding of the Syrian opposition and police forces, saying the chances of them winning the war are "extremely limited". Dutch support for the White Helmets will also end in December 2018. 2018-09-10
Turkey threatens to "strangle" the United States-backed Syrian Border Security Force "before it's even born", while Syria vows to crush it and expel American military personnel from the country. Russia called the plans "a plot to dismember Syria". 2018-01-15
A suspected female suicide bomber kills at least 20 people at a Kurdish wedding in the Syrian city of Al-Hasakah. 2016-10-3
A Turkish soldier is killed following a clash on the Syria–Turkey border with an armed group trying to enter Turkey illegally. The Turkish military says the clash occurred in the Yayladağı district of the Hatay Province. 2016-02-15
Turkey launches its first air strikes against ISIL in Syria. 2015-08-29
Albania says it will not allow the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on its soil after days of protests. 2013-11-15
The French frigate "Chevalier Paul" leaves the port city of Toulon, though the shipping authorities declined to confirm a media report that it was headed to Syria. 2013-08-29
The 39th G8 summit gets underway in Northern Ireland with the Syrian civil war high on the agenda. 2013-06-17
The United Nations says the death toll from the conflict could be more than 60,000 people. 2013-01-2