The Royal Jordanian Air Force carries out airstrikes in southern Syria against drug gangs linked to the Syrian government. 2023-12-18
Unidentified warplanes, suspected to be Israeli, strike a convoy of Iranian trucks that entered Syria from Iraq through the Al-Qa'im border crossing. At least six trucks are believed to have been destroyed. There are no immediate reports of casualties. 2023-01-29
The jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham captures the city of Afrin in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, following days of clashes with the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2022-10-13
Syrian Army troops and pro-Iranian militias launch a major ground assault on a rebel-held enclave in the city of Daraa. Rebel forces say that they have repulsed the attack from the western side of the enclave. State media says that the army was preparing to end a "state of lawlessness and chaos" and "reimpose army control" in the city. 2021-08-23
Two Syrian Air Force Su-24 jet aircraft are shot down by Turkish Air Force F-16s using air-to-air missiles over the Syria–Turkey border, while a Turkish drone is shot down by Syrian government forces in Idlib. 2020-03-1
Turkey blames another attack on the PKK. The bombings targeted a bus terminal in al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, killing 18 and wounding dozens of others. 2019-11-16
Hours after the Syrian military declares the end of the ceasefire, an airstrike hits a convoy of United Nations OCHA aid trucks near the town of Urum al-Kubra, in the Aleppo Governorate, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting that at least 12 people have been killed. 2016-09-19
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, foresees to supply surface-to-air missiles to the "moderate opposition", so changing the power balance "like they did in Afghanistan". 2016-02-19
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
Gunmen detonate roadside bombs as they clash with police in central Damascus. 2012-08-11