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2018-02-25 Siege of eastern Ghouta Syrian civil war
2016-06-1 United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces begin an offensive to regain control of the city of Manbij in the Aleppo Governorate from ISIL. Syrian civil war
2016-05-23 Reuters reports nearly 150 people are killed and at least 200 wounded in a series of car bomb and suicide attacks in the Syrian cities of Jableh and Tartus in government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group claims responsibility. Syrian civil war
2016-04-18 Syrian rebels launch new offensives against government forces in the country's Latakia Governorate and Hama Governorate. Several rebel groups earlier announced they were launching a new battle against government forces in response to claimed violations of the cease-fire agreement, further putting a strain on the Syrian peace process. Syrian civil war
2015-09-3 Bodies of Syrian refugees are found on a beach in Turkey, including a 3-year-old boy, pictures of whose body spread virally and prompt grave international concern. Syrian civil war
2014-06-15 The Syrian Military retakes control of Kessab in north-western Syria. Syrian civil war
2013-09-11 The UN accuses both the Syrian government and, to a lesser extent, the rebels of war crimes. Out of 9 massacres they investigated, 8 were attributed to the Syrian Army. The remaining massacre was attributed to insurgents. Syrian civil war
2013-07-9 Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, calls for a ceasefire during Ramadan. Syrian civil war
2012-12-12 A car bomb and two other explosions go off outside the Interior Ministry and Palace of Justice in Damascus. Syrian civil war
2012-11-9 Syrian civil war: The United Nations says 4 million people could require humanitarian aid by 2013. Syrian civil war