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Bashar al-Jaafari, Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations, called on Biden to change US foreign policy in Syria, which is nearing 10 years of civil war. During a session of the UN Security Council, Jaafari accused the United States of using the multi-sided war to steal the country's oil reserves and other natural resources.
2021-01-21

Syrian Air Force warplanes repeatedly strike a Turkish military convoy driving through the rebel-held region of Idlib, reportedly causing several casualties and forcing it to stop. Turkey claims the convoy was aiming to supply observation posts, while Syria accuses it of carrying weapons and ammunition to rebel groups.
2019-08-19

A suicide car bomber kills five soldiers of the Syrian Democratic Forces and five civilians at a checkpoint in central Raqqa, Syria. This and a nearby roadside bomb wound 20 people.
2019-06-2

According to Sputnik agency, Tahrir al-Sham, allegedly including Al-Nusra Front, claims in a social media post that it downed the Russian jet with a shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile.
2018-02-3

A car bomb strikes a convoy of buses near Aleppo which were carrying evacuees from the pro-government towns of Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya. Over 100 people are killed.
2017-04-15

Activists say U.S.-led coalition aircraft has destroyed the main pipeline supplying the "de facto" ISIL capital Al-Raqqah with water.
2017-02-3

Syria reports its air defense shot down an Israeli warplane that attacked a Syrian army position in al-Quneitra, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces say that missiles were fired at their aircraft but none hit.
2016-09-13

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, airstrikes in the towns of Al-Rastan and Ariha kill at least 24 people, despite a temporary ceasefire being declared by the Syrian government.
2016-07-13

The French frigate "Chevalier Paul" leaves the port city of Toulon, though the shipping authorities declined to confirm a media report that it was headed to Syria.
2013-08-29

A car bomb kills 18 people and wounds 55 in a suburb in Damascus.
2013-08-6