### [2025-03-7](/feed/2025/03/7/index.md)

##### Syrian civil war
# Western Syria clashes (December 2024–present)




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1. [The Syrian Army withdraws from the cities of Al-Hasakah and Qamishli in Al-Hasakah Governorate, transferring control of the Kurdish-majority cities to the Syrian Democratic Forces. ](/feed/2024/12/7/the-syrian-army-withdraws-from-the-cities-of-al-hasakah-and-qamishli-in-al-hasakah-governorate-transferring-control-of.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_
2. [Two civilians killed in Damascus of an Israeli airstrike at a Syrian security forces compound.](/feed/2024/02/21/two-civilians-killed-in-damascus-of-an-israeli-airstrike-at-a-syrian-security-forces-compound.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_
3. [Turkey says Syrian shelling killed five of its troops at an observation post at Taftanaz Military Airbase in Idlib Governorate. The Turkish government says it "retaliated against the attack to destroy all enemy targets and avenging our fallen troops". ](/feed/2020/02/10/turkey-says-syrian-shelling-killed-five-of-its-troops-at-an-observation-post-at-taftanaz-military-airbase-in-idlib-gover.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_
4. [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that the Al-Nusra Front as well as other insurgents have captured the village of Tel el-Ais in a strategic position overlooking the highway between Aleppo and Damascus. ](/feed/2016/04/2/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-claims-that-the-al-nusra-front-as-well-as-other-insurgents-have-captured-the-vil.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_
5. [France launches a series of airstrikes on Raqqa, the Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump. ](/feed/2015/11/15/france-launches-a-series-of-airstrikes-on-raqqa-the-islamic-state-s-de-facto-capital-in-syria-destroying-a-jihadi-trai.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_
6. [Thousands of Iranian troops arrive in Syria to reportedly start a new offensive in the battle of Aleppo. ](/feed/2015/10/14/thousands-of-iranian-troops-arrive-in-syria-to-reportedly-start-a-new-offensive-in-the-battle-of-aleppo.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_
7. [United States Department of Defense says that Russia has deployed armoured vehicles and troops to Syria in what has been described as the "first clear sign of offensive weapons arriving in Syria" and "the largest deployment of Russian forces outside the former Soviet Union since the collapse of the USSR". ](/feed/2015/09/14/united-states-department-of-defense-says-that-russia-has-deployed-armoured-vehicles-and-troops-to-syria-in-what-has-been.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_
8. [Elite Hezbollah reinforcements are sent from Lebanon across the border to al-Qusayr, Syria. Activists report that much of the city has been destroyed. ](/feed/2013/05/21/elite-hezbollah-reinforcements-are-sent-from-lebanon-across-the-border-to-al-qusayr-syria-activists-report-that-much-o.md) _Context: Syrian civil war_