Timeline of the Syrian civil war (May–August 2019)

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Timeline January–April 2011 May–August 2011 September–December 2011 January–April 2012 May–August 2012 September–December 2012 January–April 2013 May–December 2013 January–July 2014 August–December 2014 January–July 2015 August–December 2015 January–April 2016 May–August 2016 September–December 2016 January–April 2017 May–August 2017 September–December 2017 January–April 2018 May–August 2018 September–December 2018 January–April 2019 May–August 2019 September–December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Background and causes Casualties Cities map Terrorism Massacres
v t e Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011) Daraa Baniyas Homs (May–August 2011) Talkalakh Rastan and Talbiseh 1st Jisr ash-Shughur 1st Jabal al-Zawiya Hama Latakia v t e Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012) Homs (2011–14) Homs offensive 1st Idlib Gov. Syrian–Turkish border Jabal al-Zawiya 1st Idlib City Saraqeb 1st Rastan Hama Gov. Shayrat & Tiyas ambush Daraa Gov. 1st Rif Dimashq 1st Zabadani Douma Deir ez-Zor (2011–2014) Hatla Aleppo Gov. Azaz 2nd Rastan 1st al-Qusayr 2nd Idlib Gov. Taftanaz v t e UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013) 3rd Rastan Houla Northern Homs Al-Haffah Al-Qubeir Al-Tremseh 3rd Idlib Gov. 1st Damascus Bombing Aleppo Anadan Menagh Air Base Base 46 Khan al-Assal 1st Aleppo offensive 2nd Aleppo offensive Syrian Kurdistan and Kurdish–Islamist conflict Hasaka campaign Ras al-Ayn al-Yaarubiyah Tell Hamis and Tell Brak Tell Abyad Nubl & Al-Zahraa 2nd Rif Dimashq (1st Darayya) Abu al-Duhur Airbase Quneitra Gov. 3rd Rif Dimashq 1st Yarmouk camp 2nd Darayya Darayya & Muadamiyat Aqrab 1st Hama offensive Halfaya 1st Safira Shadadeh 2nd Damascus 1st Raqqa campaign (1st Raqqa) 1st Daraa offensive 4th Rif Dimashq Jdaidet al-Fadl Tadamon Ghouta Al-Qusayr offensive 2nd al-Qusayr Eastern Ghouta 2nd Hama offensive Bayda and Baniyas 1st Latakia offensive Ma'loula Sadad 5th Rif Dimashq 1st Qalamoun Adra v t e Rise of the Islamic State (Jan. – Sept. 2014) Inter-rebel conflict Northern Aleppo Markada 1st Deir ez-Zor offensive al-Otaiba ambush Maan Hosn Morek 2nd Daraa offensive 2nd Latakia offensive 4th Idlib Gov. Al-Malihah 2nd Wadi Deif 2nd Qalamoun Arsal Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) 1st Shaer gas field 1st Eastern Syria Tabqa Airbase 3rd Hama offensive 6th Rif Dimashq 1st Quneitra Kobanî v t e U.S.-led intervention, Rebel & ISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015) U.S.-led intervention Homs school bombing 3rd Daraa offensive 2nd Safira 2014 Idlib city raid Nusra–FSA conflict 2nd Shaer gas field 1st Al-Shaykh Maskin 2nd Deir ez-Zor offensive 3rd Aleppo offensive An-26 crash 4th Daraa offensive Southern Syria Eastern al-Hasakah offensive 1st Sarrin Hama/Homs offensive Bosra 5th Idlib Gov 2nd Idlib city Al-Fu'ah-Kafriya Nasib 2nd Yarmouk camp 1st Northwestern Syria 3rd Qalamoun 1st Palmyra Western al-Hasakah offensive 1st Al-Hasakah city Tell Abyad Daraa/As-Suwayda 2nd Quneitra 2nd Sarrin 5th Daraa 2nd Al-Hasakah city 2nd Kobanî 4th Aleppo offensive 2nd Zabadani 2nd Palmyra Al-Ghab 1st al-Qaryatayn Douma market 7th Rif Dimashq Kuweires offensive v t e Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016) Russian intervention 3rd Quneitra 2nd Northwestern Syria 3rd Latakia offensive Su-24 shootdown 5th Aleppo offensive al-Hawl Homs offensive 6th Aleppo offensive 4th Hama offensive Tell Tamer Tishrin Dam 2nd Al-Shaykh Maskin al-Qamishli bombings Orontes River 3rd Deir ez-Zor offensive 1st Sayyidah Zaynab 7th Aleppo offensive 1st Ithriyah-Raqqa Al-Shaddadi Homs bombings 2nd Sayyidah Zaynab Khanasir 2nd Tel Abyad Al-Tanf 2nd Al-Qaryatayn 3rd Palmyra 2nd Maarat al-Nu'man v t e Aleppo escalation and Euphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017) 8th Aleppo offensive 6th Daraa 9th–11th Aleppo offensives Al-Dumayr 1st East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict 1st Qamishli Aleppo bombings 8th Rif Dimashq 3rd Shaer gas field Northern Raqqa Jableh & Tartus Manbij Tokhar 2nd Ithriyah-Raqqa 9th Rif Dimashq 12th–14th Aleppo offensives 12th 13th 14th 4th Latakia offensive 1st Abu Kamal 3rd Qamishli Atmeh al-Rai 3rd Al-Hasakah City Operation Euphrates Shield Northern al-Bab Dabiq al-Bab 5th Hama offensive 1st Western al-Bab 1st Eastern Qalamoun September bombings 4th Quneitra Deir ez-Zor airstrike Aleppo aid convoy attack 15th Aleppo offensive Khan al-Shih 1st Idlib inter-rebel conflict 2nd Western al-Bab 16th Aleppo offensive 2nd Raqqa campaign 17th Aleppo offensive 4th Palmyra Wadi Barada 1st Syrian Desert Azaz bombings 5th Palmyra 4th Deir ez-Zor offensive 18th Aleppo offensive 2nd Idlib inter-rebel conflict 7th Daraa Qaboun 8th Daraa v t e Collapse of the Islamic State in Syria (Feb. – Nov. 2017) Eastern Homs offensive al-Jina mosque 6th Hama offensive Tabqa Khan Shaykhun US Shayrat strike Aleppo bus bombing April 2017 Turkish airstrikes 2nd East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict 2nd Syrian Desert Maskanah East Hama 2nd Raqqa 9th Daraa Southern Raqqa Iranian Deir ez-Zor strike Ja'din Jobar 5th Quneitra Central Syria 3rd Idlib inter-rebel conflict 4th Qalamoun Deir ez-Zor (2017–2019) 2nd Eastern Syria Deir ez-Zor city Euphrates Crossing Mayadin 2nd Abu Kamal 7th Hama offensive v t e Rebels in retreat and Operation Olive Branch (Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018) 3rd Northwestern Syria Eastern Syria insurgency Atarib Harasta Beit Jinn 3rd Syrian Desert 5th Deir ez-Zor offensive 1st Southern Damascus Olive Branch Afrin SDF insurgency Khasham Feb 2018 Israel–Syria incident 10th Rif Dimashq (Douma) 4th Idlib inter-rebel conflict 2nd Southern Damascus U.S.-led missile strikes Northern Homs 2nd Eastern Qalamoun 3rd Southern Damascus Deir ez-Zor SAA-SDF clashes House of Cards 1st As-Suwayda 2nd Southern Syria 2nd As-Suwayda 3rd As-Suwayda 2nd Qamishli v t e Idlib demilitarization (Sep. 2018 – April 2019) Idlib demilitarization 5th Idlib inter-rebel conflict Sep. 2018 missile strikes Iranian Eastern Euphrates strike Northern border clashes Daraa insurgency Manbij bombing Baghuz Fawqani U.S. airstrike v t e First Idlib offensive, Operation Peace Spring, & Second Idlib offensive (April 2019 – March 2020) 4th Northwestern Tell Rifaat Raqqa & Azaz Hass 2nd Israeli missile strikes Peace Spring (2nd Ras al-Ayn) Kayla Mueller Northern bombings 3rd Israeli missile strikes Qah 5th Northwestern Balyun Spring Shield 2nd U.S. missile strikes 10th Daraa v t e Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – present) 6th Idlib inter-rebel conflict Ayn Issa Qamishli & Al-Hasakah 4th Israeli missile strikes 3rd Qamishli 11th Daraa 7th Idlib inter-rebel conflict 3rd Al-Hasakah city 1st Aleppo inter-rebel conflict Jabal al-Bishrī 2nd Aleppo inter-rebel conflict Claw-Sword Northwestern clashes 3rd U.S. missile strikes 2nd Northern clashes Deir ez-Zor (2023) 3rd Northern clashes Homs drone strike Israel–Hezbollah conflict (Iranian consulate airstrike) February 2024 airstrikes v t e Syrian War spillover and international incidents Lebanon spillover Lebanese–Syrian border Sidon Iranian embassy bombing North Lebanon clashes Syrian–Turkish border incidents Turkish F4 shootdown Reyhanlı bombings Turkish occupation of northern Syria Kurdish riots Jordanian–Syrian border incidents Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line February 2018 incident May 2018 incident Iraqi–Syrian border incidents Akashat al-Shabah Western Nineveh Western Iraq Spillover in Iran 2017 Tehran attacks 2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike 2024 Iranian airstrikes in Syria Spillover in Turkey Russian Su-24 shootdown Andrei Karlov Balyun airstrikes Kafr Takharim airstrikes Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Spillover in Europe v t e Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic Russian involvement 2015 military intervention Iranian intervention 2017 missile strike Iran–Israel conflict 2012 Hezbollah involvement Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels Foreign rebel fighters Turkish involvement Turkey–Islamic State conflict Tomb of Suleyman Shah relocation Euphrates Shield 2017 airstrikes Idlib Governorate operation Afrin operation 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria Israel's role U.S.-led intervention against ISIL U.S.-led Intervention Timeline List of attacks 2014 rescue operation May 2015 raid 2017 missile strikes Qatari involvement Jordanian intervention Operation Martyr Muath Lebanon's role Saudi involvement April 2018 missile strikes Dutch involvement German intervention French intervention Australian intervention UK intervention

The following is a timeline of the Syrian Civil War from May to August 2019. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found at Casualties of the Syrian Civil War.

May 2019

2 May

• Facebook shuts down 49 accounts linked to black market smuggling of ancient Syrian artifacts after a BBC investigation found smugglers were using the social network to trade looted antiquities. Traded ancient artifacts included Syrian-Roman mosaics.

3 May

• Government forces bombed Rakaya Sijneh health centre.

4 May

• Turkish and Syrian National Army (SNA) forces capture the villages of Maraanaz, Al-Malikiyah, and Shawarighat al Arz in the Tell Rifaat area, but later withdraw, allowing Kurdish forces to retake them.

6 May

• The Syrian Arab Army launched a ground offensive against HTS and NFL-held areas in northern Hama and southern Idlib, after six days of intensive airstrikes on the region by the SyAAF and RuAF. The Syrian Government stated that the assault was provoked by increased rebel attacks on government-held areas originating from within the demilitarized zone. The Idlib-based rebel groups stated that they believed the goal of the offensive would be to capture the M4 and M5 highways in the Idlib Governorate.

7 May

• Northwestern Syria offensive: The SAA captured the villages of Tel Othman, al-Bani and al-Janabara. It also targeted various Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, National Front for Liberation and Jaysh al-Izza positions with missiles and artillery. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 69 civilians and 41 insurgents had been killed up to that point, since the beginning of the escalation. The Russian Air Force intensified airstrikes against rebel groups, in response to missiles and mortar shells, that they stated had been fired against Russia's Khmeimim Air Base the previous day by unidentified militants. The Syrian Army reported that it had killed 15 rebels in the previous day, while losing 11 servicemen.

8 May

• Northwestern Syria offensive: Syrian Army captured the town of Kafr Nabudah after a brief battle.

9 May

• Northwestern Syria offensive: Syrian Army captured the town of Qalaat al-Madiq as well as some surrounding villages.

22 May

• Four Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fighters claim to have been injured by chlorine gas munitions launched by pro-government forces three days prior, on Sunday 19 May.
• The Syrian army lose Kafr Nabudah after a rebel counterattack but recaptures it on 26 May.

27 May

• The Israeli Air Force announces destroying a Syrian air defense launcher and its operator after it says an anti-aircraft missile locked onto an Israeli plane conducting a "routine flight" over northern Israel. According to Syrian media, the strike took place near Khan Arnabah, very close to the Golan Heights border. The AA missile reportedly fell within Syrian territory.

29 May

• At least 14 civilians are killed in air strikes by the Syrian Government and Russian forces in Idlib.

30 May

• During continuing air strikes, five civilians including women and children are killed in Idlib.

June 2019

2 June

Over 34 are killed and 80 are injured in the June 2019 Syria bombings.

8 June

• Abdul Baset al-Sarout, a former Syrian football goalkeeper is killed after engaging in combat with the Syrian Army in Tell Malah during the Northern offensive.

11 June

• Syrian Air Defences repel Israeli missiles targeting Al-Harra, near the Golan Heights.

15 June

• Syrian State Television report wildfires spark an explosion at an ammo depot west of Damascus.

16 June

• Rebel shelling kills 12 in a rural area in northern Aleppo.

20 June

• Over the past 48 hours, it is reported that 84 rebels and 41 government based troops have been killed in Hama.

26 June

• The UN questions the Russian Government in relation to 23 hospitals that have been hit by attacks since the Idlib offensive began in April.

July 2019

12 July

On 12 July, Hezbollah announced that it was reducing its presence in Syria, stating that their presence was no longer necessary, as according to them the Syrian army had recovered.

14 July

Turkish forces masses out near the Syrian border with the aim of launching an offensive east of the Euphrates.

August 2019

1 August

• The Syrian Government agrees to a ceasefire in Idlib on the condition that a Turkish-Russian buffer zone deal is implemented.

7 August

• The United States and Turkey reached a deal, which would set up a new demilitarized buffer zone in northern Syria, in order to preempt a potential Turkish invasion of SDF-held Northern Syria.

12 August

• Syrian Government captures al-Habit during the 2019 Northwestern offensive.

19 August

• Syrian Air Force warplanes repeatedly strike a Turkish military convoy driving through the rebel-held region of Idlib, reportedly causing several casualties and forcing it to stop. Turkey claims the convoy was aiming to supply observation posts, while Syria accuses it of carrying weapons and ammunition to rebel groups.

20 August

• The Al-Qaeda-linked faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) acknowledges "a redeployment" south of the strategic town of Khan Shaykhun. Pro-Government media later reports that the Syrian Army has entered the northern sector of the town following HTS withdrawal.

23 August

• The Syrian Army captures the entire northern Hama-southern Idlib rebel pocket, asserting control over the strategic towns of Kafr Zita, Al-Lataminah and Murak, as well as numerous villages and an archaeological site, following the withdrawal of rebel forces.
• The Turkish observation post near Murak is encircled by government forces.

24 August

• The Damascus airstrike was conducted by the Israeli air force on late night on Sunday of 24 August to prevent an Iranian force from launching "very imminent" drone strike on Israel.

27 August

• YPG units withdraw from Tell Abyad and Ras al-Ayn as the first stage of the Northern Syria Buffer Zone agreement enters into effect. (Reuters) (Kurdistan 24)

31 August

• More than 40 militants are killed by an American cruise missile strike targeting al-Qaeda-linked militants at a Huras al-Din base in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Governorate. Idlib had recently agreed a truce with the Syrian government.

External links

• UN website

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Overviews Main overviews Syria Rojava Syrian civil war Timeline Background and causes Syrian peace process Syrian government reactions Belligerents Inter-rebel conflict Spillover Cities and towns Sectarianism and minorities Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present) Effects and ongoing concerns Casualties of the Syrian civil war Refugees of the Syrian civil war Humanitarian aid during the Syrian civil war Human rights violations during the Syrian civil war Phases and processes Syrian revolution Early insurgency phase 2012–2013 escalation Ceasefires Syrian peace process World reaction International reactions to the Syrian civil war Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war Specific groups and countries Russian involvement Russian intervention Turkish involvement Turkish occupation of northern Syria Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone Russian-Turkish agreement on Syria American intervention in the Syrian civil war 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria Kurdish Area in Syria Syrian Democratic Forces Rojava conflict U.S. task force Agreements and dialogues Russian-Turkish agreement on Syria Relations between Syrian government and Kurdish groups in Syria
Timeline Background 1963 coup 1966 coup Corrective Movement Islamist uprising Latakia protests Damascus Spring Qamishli riots Syrian occupation of Lebanon Damascus Declaration Human rights in Syria 2010s in Syria political history 2011 Jan–Apr May–Aug Sep–Dec Syrian Revolution Death of Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb Siege of Daraa Siege of Baniyas May Talkalakh siege Siege of Rastan and Talbiseh June Jisr ash-Shughur operation Siege of Hama Siege of Homs Jabal al-Zawiya operation Siege of Latakia Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–2014) Rif Dimashq clashes (Nov 2011-Mar 2012) Battle of Zabadani Battle of Douma Daraa Governorate clashes Battle of Rastan Shayrat and Tiyas airbase ambush Idlib Governorate clashes December Jabal al-Zawiya massacres 2012 Jan–Apr May–Aug Sep–Dec January al-Midan bombing Battle of Rastan First Battle of Idlib Battle of al-Qusayr Idlib Governorate operation (Apr) Battle of Taftanaz May Battle of Rastan Houla massacre Battle of al-Haffah Al-Qubeir massacre Battle of Tremseh Battle of Damascus 18 July 2012 Damascus bombing Battle of Aleppo Battle of Anadan Siege of Base 46 Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–2013) Rif Dimashq offensive (Aug-Oct) Darayya massacre Battle of Khirbet Al-Joz Battle of Maarrat al-Numan First siege of Wadi Deif Battle of Harem Rif Dimashq offensive (Nov 2012–Feb 2013) Battle of Darayya Aqrab massacre Hama offensive Halfaya massacre Battle of Darayya Quneitra Governorate clashes Talbiseh bakery massacre 2013 Jan–Apr May–Dec Battle of Safira Battle of Shadadeh Damascus offensive Raqqa campaign (2012–2013) Battle of Raqqa (Mar) Daraa offensive Rif Dimashq offensive (Mar–Aug) Battle of Jdaidet al-Fadl Ghouta chemical attack Al-Qusayr offensive Battle of al-Qusayr Bayda and Baniyas massacres Hama offensive Hatla massacre Khan al-Assal chemical attack Khan al-Assal massacre Adra massacre Battle of Ras al-Ayn Battle of Tell Abyad Rif Dimashq offensive (Sep–Nov) Aleppo offensive (Oct–Dec) Battle of al-Yaarubiyah Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak (Dec–Jan) 2014 Jan–Jul Aug–Dec First Inter-rebel conflict Battle of Markada Deir ez-Zor offensive Battle of Morek Daraa offensive (Feb–May) Maan massacre Al-Otaiba ambush Idlib offensive Battle of Hosn Latakia Offensive Battle of Al-Malihah Kafr Zita chemical attack Second siege of Wadi Deif Qalamoun offensive (Jun–Aug) Battle of Arsal First Battle of the Shaer gas field Eastern Syria offensive Battle of Tabqa Airbase Northern Aleppo offensive (Feb–Jul) Hama Offensive Quneitra offensive Rif Dimashq offensive (Aug–Nov) Siege of Kobanî Homs school bombing Daraa offensive (Oct) Al-Safira offensive Idlib Raid Second Inter-Rebel Conflict Second Battle of the Shaer gas field Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin Deir ez-Zor offensive (Dec) 2015 Jan–Jul Aug–Dec Air Force An-26 crash Daraa Offensive (Jan) Southern Syria Offensive Eastern al-Hasakah offensive Battle of Sarrin (Mar–Apr) Battle of Sarrin (Jun–Jul) Battle of Bosra Idlib Offensive Second Battle of Idlib Battle of Nasib Border Crossing Battle of Yarmouk Camp Western al-Hasakah offensive Palmyra offensive (May) Qamishli bombings Tell Abyad offensive Kobanî massacre Quneitra offensive (Jun) Palmyra offensive (Jul–Aug) Rif Dimashq offensive (Sep) Northwestern Syria offensive (Oct–Nov) Aleppo offensive (Oct–Dec) Al-Hawl offensive Homs offensive (Nov-Dec) East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016) 2015–2016 Latakia offensive Tishrin Dam offensive Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown 2016 Jan–Apr May–Aug Sep–Dec Second Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin Deir ez-Zor offensive (Jan) January Sayyidah Zaynab bombings Northern Aleppo offensive (Feb) Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (Feb–Mar) Al-Shaddadi offensive February Homs bombings February Sayyidah Zaynab bombings Khanasir offensive Battle of Tel Abyad Battle of Maarrat al-Numan Battle of Qamishli (Apr) Northern Aleppo offensive (Mar–Jun) Palmyra offensive (Mar) East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (Apr–May) Rif Dimashq offensive (Apr–May) Northern Raqqa offensive (May) May Jableh & Tartous bombings Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (Jun) Rif Dimashq offensive (Jun–Oct) Manbij offensive Tokhar massacre Southern Aleppo campaign Battle of al-Rai (Aug) Operation Euphrates Shield Aleppo summer campaign Western al-Bab offensive (Sep) 5 September bombings September Deir ez-Zor air raid September Urum al-Kubra aid convoy attack Aleppo offensive (Sep–Oct) Dabiq offensive Western al-Bab offensive (Oct–Nov) Khan al-Shih offensive (Oct–Nov) Raqqa campaign Battle of al-Bab Aleppo offensive (Nov-Dec) Palmyra offensive (Dec) 2017 Jan–Apr May–Aug Sep–Dec Wadi Barada offensive (2016–2017) January Azaz bombing Desert campaign (Dec 16–Apr 17) Idlib clashes (Jan–Mar) Deir ez-Zor offensive (Jan–Feb) Daraa offensive (Feb–Jun) Southwestern Daraa offensive (Feb) Qaboun offensive Palmyra offensive East Aleppo offensive (Jan–Apr) March Damascus bombings Al-Jinah airstrike Hama offensive (Mar–Apr) Battle of Tabqa Khan Shaykhun chemical attack Shayrat missile strike Aleppo bombing April Turkish airstrikes East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (Apr–May) Desert campaign (May–Jul) Maskanah Plains offensive East Hama offensive Battle of Raqqa Daraa offensive (Jun) Southern Raqqa offensive (Jun) Jobar offensive (Jun–Aug) Quneitra offensive (Jun) Idlib clashes (Jul) Central campaign Qalamoun (Jul–Aug) Deir ez-Zor offensive (Sep 17–Mar 18) Hama offensive (Sep) Northwestern campaign (Oct 17–Feb 18) Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate Battle of Harasta Eastern campaign (Sep–Dec) Euphrates Crossing offensive Mayadin offensive Battle of Deir ez-Zor (Sep–Nov) Abu Kamal offensive Beit Jinn offensive 2018 Jan–Apr May–Aug Sep–Dec Operation Olive Branch Battle of Khasham Rif Dimashq offensive (Feb–Apr) Southern Damascus offensive (Jan–Feb) Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict Southern Damascus offensive (Mar) Douma chemical attack Missile strikes (Apr) Northern Homs offensive (Apr–May) Eastern Qalamoun offensive (Apr) Southern Damascus offensive (Apr–May) Deir ez-Zor clashes (Apr) Deir ez-Zor offensive (May–Jun) As-Suwayda offensive (Jun) Southern offensive As-Suwayda attacks As-Suwayda (Aug-Nov) Qamishli clashes (Sep) Missile strikes (Sep) Northern border clashes 2019 Jan–Apr May–Aug Sep–Dec Idlib inter-rebel conflict Manbij bombing Battle of Baghuz Fawqani ISIL insurgency in Deir-ez-Zor Dêrik prison escape attempt Tell Rifaat clashes Northwestern offensive (Apr–Aug) June bombings Hass refugee camp bombing Missile strikes (Aug) Turkish offensive into northeast Barisha raid November bombings Israeli missile strikes (Nov) Qah missile strike Northwestern offensive (Dec 19–Mar 20) US airstrikes 2020 Jan–Dec COVID-19 pandemic Afrin bombing Idlib Governorate clashes Kafr-Takharim airstrike Ayn Issa clashes Deir ez-Zor ambush 2021 Jan–Dec Siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah Missile strikes (Jan) US airstrike (Feb) Battle of Qamishli (Apr) US airstrike (Jun) Daraa clashes Tahrir al-Sham–Junud al-Sham conflict 2022 Jan–Dec Battle of al-Hasakah Ahrar al-Sham–Levant Front clashes Jabal al-Bishrī clashes Jarqli airstrikes Northern Aleppo clashes (Oct) Operation Claw-Sword Northwest clashes (Dec) 2023 Jan-Dec Al-Sukhnah attack Damascus airstrike Hama attack Northern border clashes Spillover Israel and Golan Heights: March 2017 incident February 2018 incident May 2018 Israel–Iran incidents Iraq: Akashat ambush Operation al-Shabah April 2014 Iraqi border airstrike Jordanian border incidents April 2014 Jordanian border airstrike Lebanon: Lebanese border clashes Battle of Sidon Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut North Lebanon clashes Qalamoun (Jul–Aug 2017) Turkey: December 2011 Turkish border clash 2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown 2012 Turkish border clashes 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings January 2014 Turkish attack in Syria Assassination of Andrei Karlov Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident 2020 Balyun airstrikes Operation Spring Shield Elsewhere: Deir ez-Zor missile strike (Iran)
Belligerents Syria Politics of Syria Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Syrian Social Nationalist Party Arab Socialist Movement Syrian Communist Party Military and militias Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Resistance PFLP-GC al-Quds Brigade Palestine Liberation Army Foreign support Hezbollah involvement Iranian involvement Liwa Fatemiyoun Russian involvement medical facility targeting military intervention Wagner Group Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition Popular Mobilization Forces Opposition Interim government National Coalition Local Coordination Committees Syrian National Council Supreme Council of the Syrian Revolution National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change Syrian Revolution General Commission Syrian Support Group Adopt a Revolution Syrian Patriotic Group Opposition militias Syrian National Army Free Syrian Army National Front for Liberation Army of Glory Authenticity and Development Front Army of Free Tribes Revolutionary Commando Army Muslim Brotherhood in Syria Grey Wolves Foreign support American-led intervention Jordanian intervention Qatar Saudi Arabia Turkey Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria DFNS Government Democratic Union Party Kurdish National Council Smaller political parties SDF militias People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units Anti-Terror Units Al-Sanadid Forces Army of Revolutionaries SDF military councils Syriac Military Council Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa Northern Democratic Brigade Support Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdistan Workers' Party International Freedom Battalion Sinjar Resistance Units Êzîdxan Women's Units Islamists Islamic State Military activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only Liwa Dawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Caucasus Emirate Ajnad al-Kavkaz Junud al-Makhdi Malhama Tactical Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan
People Ammar Abdulhamid Ali al-Abdallah Adnan al-Aroor al-Assad family Bashar Maher Rifaat Rami Makhlouf Hafez Makhlouf Riad al-Asaad Anwar al-Bunni Fahd Jassem al-Freij Suheil al-Hassan Haitham al-Maleh Moaz al-Khatib Kamal al-Labwani Hamza al-Khateeb Tal al-Mallohi Fida al-Sayed Riad al-Turk Khaled Khoja Ammar al-Qurabi Suheir Atassi Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni Aref Dalila Farid Ghadry Burhan Ghalioun Razan Ghazzawi Ghassan Hitto Salim Idris Randa Kassis Abdul Halim Khaddam Michel Kilo Bassma Kodmani Ali Habib Mahmud Ali Mahmoud Othman Ibrahim Qashoush Dawoud Rajiha Yassin al-Haj Saleh Bouthaina Shaaban Abdulbaset Sieda Riad Seif Fadwa Souleimane Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid Yaser Tabbara Razan Zaitouneh Rami Jarrah Abdurrahman Mustafa Fadlallah al-Haji
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