A battle between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian soldiers kills two SDF fighters and two government soldiers. 2022-03-1
Three blasts targeting the town of Qamishli in Syria kill 6 and wound dozens of others. All the blasts were claimed by ISIL. 2019-11-11
A car bomb explodes in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, on the Turkish border. It kills 13 people and wounds more than 30 others, mostly civilians. 2019-11-2
The presidents of Russia and Iran disagree with the Turkish president's proposal for a ceasefire in Idlib after meeting in Tehran, because it would not include the Islamist militants those nations aim to defeat. 2018-09-7
The Russian air force bombards the city of Madan and Zor Shamr Camp, south and east of Raqqa, Syria, with cluster bombs, killing six civilians and wounding 19 others. Nearby Alburamadan town was also struck; there are no reports of casualties. 2017-07-23
At least three soldiers of the Turkish Armed Forces are accidentally killed by a Russian airstrike near al-Bab in northern Syria. 2017-02-9
The United Nations estimates that the death toll was just under 93,000 as at the end of April. 2013-06-13
Activists claim that 77 people are massacred in the Syrian city of Baniyas by government forces; the government claims it was fighting against "terrorist groups." 2013-05-4
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Iraq on an unannounced visit to press for greater co-operation over the conflict in Syria. 2013-03-24
Qatar says the government of Syria is waging a "war of extermination" against their own citizens. 2012-10-30