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Syria violence

Syrian Internal Security Forces secure the streets as they enter the Ashrafiyeh neighborhood of the city of Aleppo, northern Syria late on January 8, 2026, following heavy clashes with the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. (Bakr ALkasem / AFP)
January 9, 2026, 9:58 am
Syria announces ceasefire after days of clashes with Kurdish fighters in Aleppo
At least 21 people have been reported killed in clashes that have seen tens of thousands of civilians displaced amid an impasse in political talks
By AP
Illustrative: US troops patrol near an oil well in al-Qahtaniyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, close to the border with Turkey, on June 14, 2023. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
August 20, 2025, 6:05 pm
US-led coalition said to capture senior ISIS member in northwest Syria raid
Syrian state TV claims Iraqi man killed in early-morning operation, reported to include landing of troops from helicopters near Turkish border
By AP
A Syrian Druze woman bids farewell to Druze relatives and friends from Israel before crossing back into Syria at the Israeli-Syrian border, in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
July 25, 2025, 1:32 am
In Druze town of Majdal Shams, residents mourn one tragedy while fearing another
As hundreds pushed through the security fence separating the Israeli Golan Heights from Syria, locals fleetingly reunited with long-lost relatives threatened by sectarian violence
By Deborah Danan
Red Crescent rescuers lay down bodies of victims of the recent clashes between local Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes, inside a hospital in Syria's southern city of Sweida on July 17, 2025. (Shadi al-Dubaisi/AFP)
July 17, 2025, 7:16 pm
Syrian Druze grapple with death and destruction in Sweida after fighting ends
About 500 people killed in clashes, according to UK war monitor; AFP photographer counts 15 bodies strewn in city center amid looted shops and burned cars and houses
By Shadi al-Dubaisi and Layal Abou Rahal
A member of the Druze security forces stands guard in Jaramana in the suburb of Damascus on April 29, 2025, following overnight sectarian clashes. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
May 1, 2025, 2:48 pm
Some Druze in Syria begin to take up arms, as sectarian violence hits home
Hundreds of armed Druze men are seen setting up positions to defend their towns after dozens killed in attacks near Damascus by Islamists loyal to new government
By AFP and ToI Staff
This aerial view shows a Syrian opposition flag flying above a market square in central Aleppo on November 30, 2024. (Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP)
December 1, 2024, 3:39 am
Syrian military says dozens of soldiers killed in major Islamist attack on Aleppo
Assad’s army says preparing response; intel chiefs reportedly tell Netanyahu rebels’ advances in Syria spell short-term benefits, potential trouble for Israel; US monitoring situation
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from buildings following an airstrike on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on January 2, 2018. (AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
November 14, 2021, 5:36 am
US military hushed up Syria strike that killed dozens of civilians — NY Times
Investigation indicates army personnel actively suppressed probe of 2019 bombing that hit women and children in country’s east
By ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on January 5, 2013, a dummy dressed up in army fatigue and a mask depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad is erected in the Salaheddine neighborhood of Aleppo, the scene of heavy fighting. (Photo by MAURICIO MORALES / AFP)
March 12, 2020, 4:26 pm
Syria war enters tenth year with no hope in sight
Fighting and displacement still at its height, 9 years after demonstrators demanded the ouster of President Assad and precipitated 21st century’s biggest war so far
By Rouba El Husseini
A Syrian woman and children run for cover amid the rubble of buildings following government bombing in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. (AFP/Abdulmonam Eassa)
February 23, 2018, 9:29 pm
Strikes pound Syria’s Eastern Ghouta for 6th day as world fumbles for response
Assad regime kills 32 civilians in renewed attacks on rebel-held enclave while UN Security Council struggles to reach a truce
By Hasan Mohamed
Aliza Raz-Melzer
October 24, 2017, 3:03 pm
Aliza Raz-Melzer
We can help Syrian refugees survive winter
When there is just one terrible newscast too many, it’s time to act
Syrian mourners attend a funeral ceremony in the Sayyida Zeinab mosque on the outskirts of Damascus on April 26, 2017, for the victims of a bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from the besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya. (Louai Beshara / AFP)
April 26, 2017, 8:49 pm
Mass funeral held for victims of Syrian convoy bombing
More than 50 of at least 150 victims from Fuaa and Kafraya buried at Shiite shrine south of Damascus
By Maher Al-Mounes
Shivi Froman
March 30, 2017, 12:26 pm
Shivi Froman
We refuse to fall into the abyss
Israelis’ readiness to aid children in Syria, an enemy state, shows they are walking a very narrow bridge
Syrian girls walk past destroyed buildings during a sandstorm in the once rebel-held Bab al-Nasr neighborhood in the old part of Aleppo on March 10, 2017. (AFP/Joseph Eid)
March 13, 2017, 3:49 pm
Monitor tallies over 320,000 dead after six years of war in Syria
Toll includes over 96,000 civilians, among them over 17,400 children, says Syrian human rights group
By AFP
This satellite images released by the United Nations, shows road damage and craters, in the Sha'ar district of Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 25, 2016. (US Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit, UNITAR-UNOSAT via AP)
October 5, 2016, 6:00 pm
New satellite images reveal extent of Aleppo devastation
Pictures document damage since breakdown of Syria ceasefire, as Assad forces step up anti-rebel offensive in besieged city
By Jamey Keaten
Yosef Gotlieb
September 26, 2016, 9:31 am
Yosef Gotlieb
Tunisia’s drought is Israel’s concern
Bloodshed triggered by water scarcity throughout the Mideast highlights the need for regional cooperation
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