Three more UNRWA staff members are killed, thereby bringing the total to 38. Around 219 educational facilities have been damaged, including at least 29 UNRWA schools. 2023-10-26
Turkey launches a series of airstrikes targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria, killing at least two people and injuring three others. 2023-10-5
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is believed to have died in a suicide bombing after U.S.-led coalition special forces raid targeted positions belonging to Huras al-Din in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Governorate. U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement at 9:00 AM EDT (1300 UTC) asserting his death. 2019-10-27
At least 12 people are killed after jihadists shelled a village in Aleppo Governorate with mortars. 2019-06-16
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. will impose "the strongest sanctions in history" on Iran if it does not meet various demands, including ending its nuclear program and leaving the Syrian Civil War. 2018-05-21
At least 13 Iranian soldiers are killed in a battle with Islamist militants in a village near Aleppo, Syria. This is the largest single day loss for the Iranians since the start of the conflict. 2016-05-7
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that Syrian government air strikes on areas controlled by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant kills 32 people. The air strikes hit a hospital in Dayr Hafir killing at least 21 people. 2015-04-22