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2018-11-17 After months of fighting, Syrian government forces retake control of Tulul al-Safa in southern Syria from ISIL. Syrian civil war
2018-09-17 Syria missile strikes (September 2018) Syrian civil war
2017-01-31 The Syrian opposition agrees to surrender their remaining villages in the stretch between the Wadi Barada area and the Lebanon-Syria border, as well as the Rankous borderange for transportation of at least 250 rebel fighters to their stronghold in the Idlib Governorate. Syrian civil war
2016-08-2 A Syria Civil Defence volunteer search and rescue team says 33 people, mostly women and children, were affected by toxic gas dropped from a helicopter on Saraqeb in rebel-held Idlib Governorate. Syrian civil war
2014-10-4 The Kurdish city of Kobane in the Raqqa governate is on the brink of catastrophe as ISIL fighters besiege the city. Syrian civil war
2014-05-8 A large explosion levels the Carlton Hotel in Aleppo which was used as a military base by the Army of Syria as well as several other buildings. Syrian civil war
2012-12-25 Rebels take over the city of Harem in Idlib Governorate on the border with Turkey, about 55 kms west of Aleppo. Syrian civil war
2012-10-20 Syrian civil war: UN and Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Damascus in an attempt to push for a temporary ceasefire during next week's Eid al-Adha holiday. Syrian civil war
2012-08-18 Syrian opposition forces claim to have advanced close to the Aleppo International Airport in the course of the ongoing Battle of Aleppo. The Syrian state media claim the attacks were repulsed. Heavy fighting is ongoing in Aleppo and Damascus. Syrian civil war
2012-08-9 The Syrian Army claims success in its major ground offensive against the opposition-held neighborhoods of Aleppo. Syrian civil war, Syrian troops