A car bomb in Turkish-controlled Suluk, Tell Abyad District, Raqqa Governorate, kills five people and wounds others. Turkey's defense ministry says the attack killed eight civilians and was by the PKK-YPG group. 2019-12-23
The Turkish observation post near Murak is encircled by government forces. 2019-08-23
The Syrian Army seizes control of the strategic Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in Idlib Governorate. 2018-01-20
Russia, Iran and Turkey reach an agreement, effective this midnight, to establish four "safe zones" in Syria over which all military aircraft, including Turkish, Russian, and American aircraft, will be barred from flying. 2017-05-5
Turkish-backed rebels advance on the symbolic ISIL-controlled town of Dabiq, in northern Syria. ISIL believes Dabiq is the location where an apocalyptic battle will take place shortly before the end of the world. 2016-10-15
Syrian opposition politicians and rebels, attending a two-day meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, agree on a framework that would guide proposed talks to end Syria's nearly five-year conflict: a civil, democratic Syria with a transitional government that would respect human rights and the territorial integrity of the country; and, safeguard state institutions while restructuring security forces. Ahrar ash-Sham, a Saudi-backed ultraconservative group, withdrew from the talks at the end of the meeting. 2015-12-10
Damascus said Friday that a US intelligence report concluding that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an onslaught that killed close to 1,500 people was "entirely fabricated". 2013-08-30
"Le Monde" reports continued use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria. 2013-05-28
The European Union lifts an oil trade embargo it imposed on Syria during the early stages of the civil war to help the finances of the opposition. 2013-04-22