A car bomb kills four people and injures 15 others in the Turkish-occupied city Afrin, in Aleppo Governorate. 2020-02-10
ISIL militants execute 12 people in Palmyra, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2017-01-19
Suspected Syrian or Russian warplanes conduct airstrikes on a residential area and a school in Haas village in rebel-held Idlib Governorate, killing at least 26 civilians, most of them children. 2016-10-26
Syrian Army troops surround the central prison in Hama after inmates revolted, seizing several guards. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says inmates were protesting against a planned transfer of prisoners from Hama to Sednaya Prison near Damascus. 2016-05-2
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says it is ready to deploy ground troops to Syria as part of an international coalition to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, if said coalition was led by the United States. 2016-02-7
The UN inspectors leave Damascus after concluding their inspection. 2013-08-31
A chemical attack on Adra and Houma in the Damascus Suburbs is reported. 2013-08-6
A mortar attack destroys a school in the small city of Bteeha, on the road to Homs north of the capital. According to the state news agency SANA at least 29 are killed, while activists report 9 deaths. 2012-12-4
The Syrian government criticises countries that recognise the opposition Syrian National Council. 2012-11-18