Turkey says it has destroyed a chemical warfare facility at a scientific research center in As-Safira, south of Aleppo with surface-to-surface missiles. Syrian Government said Turkish statement regarding the chemical warfare facility was not true. 2020-02-29
Turkey formally requests the deployment of Patriot surface-to-air missile systems by its NATO ally United States on the Syria–Turkey border to deter Syrian and Russian air strikes on its troops. 2020-02-20
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reports that at least 223 documented massacres were perpetrated in 2018 by the parties to the conflict in Syria. 2019-01-5
Médecins Sans Frontières reports that an air strike has destroyed a hospital in the Idlib Governorate of northwest Syria, with seven people killed and at least eight people missing, presumed to be dead. 2016-02-15
The Syrian Army backed by Hezbollah fighters retakes a key airbase on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. The Marj al-Sultan airbase had been under rebel control since November 2012. 2015-12-14
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons inspectors conclusively identify mustard gas as the toxic agent used in the battle between Islamic State (IS) insurgents and an anti-Assad rebel group in the Syrian town of Mare' in the northern Alleppo province on August 21, 2015. This is the first confirmation of its use by non-state actors in Syria’s four-year-old conflict. 2015-11-6
According to Turkey, almost all G20 summit leaders support operations against Syria. 2013-09-5