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
Rebel fighters begin withdrawing from the southern Daraa Governorate as part of a Russian-brokered truce aimed at ending fighting in the restive province. The rebels will be allowed safe passage to the opposition-held Idlib in the north-west as part of the agreement. 2021-08-25
At least 130 Russian airstrikes have killed 21 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the past 24 hours in the Badia desert, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2021-02-20
Government forces shell the northern Hama countryside, killing one civilian. 2019-06-5
The Syrian opposition urges Russian president Vladimir Putin to put pressure on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in order to "rescue" the Geneva peace talks and begin face-to-face bilateral talks. 2017-12-12
Syrian troops advance into Palmyra on multiple fronts with the help of Russian airstrikes and take several neighbourhoods, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. However they were unable to encircle the city. 2016-03-26
At least 10 people were killed in Syrian government air strikes on Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab, including a woman and child. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20151108-10-dead-syria-regime-raids-held-town-monitor (France 24)]date=July 2019 2015-11-8
ISIL releases an Internet video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff. 2014-09-2
One Syrian is killed and nine others injured in mortar shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus. 2013-11-28
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Istanbul for talks on the Syrian civil war with Turkish leaders. 2012-08-11