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Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra indicates support for Syria to return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension.
2022-07-26

A major blackout is reported in Syria after an explosion hits the Arab Gas Pipeline in the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Syrian Oil Minister Ali Ghanem says the explosion was a "terrorist attack", but does not elaborate on who was behind it.
2020-08-24

A Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 jet is shot down by rebel forces near the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate, Syria. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadists say they have captured the pilot.
2019-08-14

A suicide bombing at the opening of a local police station in the rebel-held town of Inkhil, Daraa Governorate, in southern Syria, kills at least 12 people, including an opposition minister.
2016-09-22

The Syrian Army, backed by Hezbollah militiamen and Russian airstrikes, retakes full control of the strategic town of Al-Shaykh Maskin in Syria's southern Daraa Governorate, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
2016-01-26

The Israeli Air Force reportedly conducts an airstrike near Damascus International Airport, in Syria's capital, the target apparently a weapons shipment reportedly intended for Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, according to Syrian opposition groups.
2015-11-11

One Syrian is killed and nine others injured in mortar shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus.
2013-11-28

The US offers to destroy Syria chemical weapons at sea using the US Navy auxiliary vessel Cape Ray.
2013-11-28

The government of Jordan says that more than 12,000 Syrians have fled to Jordan in the past six days.
2013-01-22

Turkey asks for Patriot missiles to be deployed on its territory at the border with Syria.
2012-11-21