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
Syrian government forces retake several cities in the Idlib Province area, amid a push from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to recapture the last rebel strongholds. 2020-01-26
An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps weapons depot in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, is hit by an airstrike. Arab media say Israel is behind the attack. The United States denies any involvement. 2019-12-4
Twin explosions in Idlib, Syria, kill 24 people and injure more than 20. 2019-02-18
U.S. President Donald Trump warns Russia and Iran for backing Bashar al-Assad and calls him "Animal Assad". 2018-04-8
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he is hoping he is wrong stating that the United States "orchestrated, coordinated" the Islamic State's recent capture of Palmyra in order to "give a break to those bandits that are in eastern Aleppo." 2016-12-12
Médecins Sans Frontières claims that victims of a strike on a hospital include 14 patients and doctors. 2016-04-28
Clashes take place between Syrian troops and rebels near the borders of Iraq and Turkey. 2012-11-11