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The United States-backed Revolutionary Commando Army (Free Syrian Army) takes control of Palmyra in Homs Governorate after heavy fighting with pro-government forces. The rebels also capture the towns of Al-Sukhnah and Al-Qaryatayn.
2024-12-7

Syrian opposition forces led by Tahrir al-Sham attack the pro-government Syrian Army in western Aleppo Governorate, capturing eleven towns and villages.
2024-11-27

Syrian military shelling in rebel-held Qoqfin, Idlib Governorate, kills ten people, including seven children.
2023-11-25

Commander-in-chief of the Russian special forces in Syria, Colonel Oleg Pechevisty, is killed by an HTS artillery strike on a military post in Latakia Province.
2023-05-29

Eight soldiers are killed near Kafr Rumah in Idlib Governorate by Tahrir al-Sham militants.
2023-02-1

Iraqi Air Force F-16 jets attack an Islamic State explosives factory and other positions inside Syria near the city of Hajin in coordination with the Syrian Armed Forces.
2018-04-19

Government forces and their allies announce plans to capture the remainder of Aleppo before American President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
2016-11-29

United Nations War Crimes Commission investigators are gathering information about conditions in the western town of Madaya, where an aid convoy just brought the first food and medical relief for three months. The city has been under a siege by Syrian government forces since July. Doctors Without Borders is treating 250 people with severe acute malnutrition.
2016-01-12

The Syrian Army repels an ISIL offensive on the Deir ez-Zor air base, resulting in at least 119 casualties total.
2014-12-6

According to a UN investigation report by Commissioners Pinheiro and Abuzayd, both Syrian government troops and, to a lesser extent, anti-government groups are responsible for war crimes. Government forces and shabbiha fighters are responsible for the Houla massacre.
2012-08-15