Turkish-backed Syrian National Army forces conduct extensive drone strikes and artillery shelling on villages near U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces positions in the city of Manbij in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. 2024-12-7
Four Hezbollah militants killed in an Israeli airstrike in Bafliyeh, Lebanon.2024-05-9
Fifteen people are killed and 40 others are kidnapped in Hama Governorate during an ambush on truffle hunters by Islamic State members. 2023-03-24
A bomb explodes near a vehicle carrying troops in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, killing four soldiers and a general. 2021-11-14
The Syrian Army (SAA) and allies announce the complete liberation of Deir ez-Zor from ISIL. 2017-11-3
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, according to information from tribal leaders close to ISIL in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. In June, Russia said it had "most likely" killed al-Baghdadi and several other high profile ISIL leaders in an airstrike but provided no evidence. 2017-07-11
Armed opposition militants fired shells containing chlorine and white phosphorus at the 1070 Apartments project in Aleppo. 2016-11-11
Australia's Department of Defence acknowledges its participation "among a number of international aircraft" in the Deir ez-Zor air raid. It says it would "never intentionally target a known Syrian military unit or actively support Daesh (ISIS)" and offers its condolences. 2016-09-18
Syrian civil war: A Jordanian soldier dies during a gunfight between Jordanian troops and Islamic militants attempting to cross the border into Syria. 2012-10-22
Two car bombs explode near a hospital in Aleppo that was recently turned into an army barracks. At least 17 people are reported killed and more than 40 others injured. 2012-09-9