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Syrian government troops are seen at an abandoned checkpoint between government-controlled Raqqa and Hassakeh, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northeastern Syria, January 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
January 20, 2026, 8:26 pm
Syrian military, Kurdish-led forces announce new truce after collapse of first deal
New four-day ceasefire comes after Syrian military accused SDF guards of abandoning a camp housing thousands of families with ties to ISIS, allowing detainees to escape
By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa signs an agreement with the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces at the Presidential Palace in Damascus on January 18, 2026. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 10:45 pm
Syria declares ceasefire with Kurdish-led SDF after intense military push
Truce leaves much of Kurdish-majority northwest under Damascus control for first time in decade; Sharaa proclaims victory for ‘Syrians of all backgrounds’
By GHAITH ALSAYED and OMAR ALBAM
US President Donald Trump salutes as a carry team moves the transfer case with the remains of civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who was killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, December 17, 2025, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 18, 2025, 1:43 am
Trump pays respects as bodies of troops killed in ISIS ambush in Syria returned to US
US president meets privately with families of Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat as their remains are repatriated
By Michelle L. Price and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Members of Syria's security forces stand on a tank in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on July 15, 2025, following clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters. (Bakr Alkasem / AFP)
November 16, 2025, 9:58 pm
Syria arrests military members for deadly attacks on Druze in Sweida in July
Committee investigating violence says it will only release death toll in final report later this year, doesn’t say how many security forces were detained amid investigation
By AP and ToI Staff
FILE: Israeli soldiers on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, August 12, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
August 28, 2025, 10:26 am
IDF said to raid Syrian army site near Damascus with helicopters, ground troops
Syrian state media says Israeli troops carried out airborne landing and operated for 2 hours; PM’s office denies Israel considered ceding Mount Dov area in potential deal with Syria
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Nava Freiberg
Syrian troops take position in the village of Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali, located 2 km (1.24 miles) from the Lebanon border, Syria, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
March 18, 2025, 9:10 am
Lebanon and Syria reach ceasefire, ending two days of border clashes
Fighting sparked after Syria accused Hezbollah of kidnapping, killing three Syrian soldiers; Beirut has returned bodies, opened up channels with Damascus to ease tensions
By AP and ToI Staff
This image shared by Syrian media outlets purports to show the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the Shayrat Airbase, south of the city of Homs, November 13, 2022. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 9, 2024, 5:06 am
Syria says four troops hurt in alleged Israeli strike
Syrian state media cites military statement saying attack also caused ‘material losses,’ following reports of explosions at Homs airbase
By Emanuel Fabian
A screenshot from a video showing damage caused by an alleged Israeli airstrike in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, on early February 10, 2024. (Screenshot from X used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 10, 2024, 12:41 pm
Syrian military claims Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus; war monitor: 3 dead
British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says early morning attack targeted building in upscale area near capital; unclear if reported casualties were terror operatives
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Syrian rescuers use a bulldozer to remove rubble of a destroyed building that covers a street after airstrikes in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province, Syria, January 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
March 2, 2020, 5:02 pm
Report finds evidence of war crimes by nearly all sides in Syria conflict
Investigators for Human Rights Council attribute alleged rights abuses to Assad regime, Russian forces, al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Turkish-backed rebels
By AP
People search for scraps of metal among the debris of a Syrian military helicopter that was shot down on February 14, 2020, in the western countryside of Aleppo province. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
February 15, 2020, 3:31 am
Syrian military chopper downed over rebel area, killing crew
State TV says helicopter was hit by a ‘hostile missile’ in Aleppo countryside; Turkish-backed rebels claim responsibility
By AFP
A Syrian soldier mans a position in the countryside of the city of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, along the border with Turkey on November 3, 2019. (AFP)
November 14, 2019, 8:49 pm
Syrian troops begin deploying along border with Turkey
Deployment part of cease-fire brokered by Moscow to stop Turkish military offensive against Kurds
By Albert Aji
Turkish soldiers at a position east of the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al-AIn watch as a tank fires on positions held by fighters from the Syrian Democratic Army (SDF) on October 28, 2019. (Nazeer Al-khatib / AFP)
October 29, 2019, 3:27 pm
Syrian, Turkish forces exchange fire in first border zone clash
War monitor reports heavy fighting near border town of Ras al-Ayn after Kurdish fighters forced to retreat by US military withdrawal
By AFP
Locals welcome Syrian regime forces as they arrive at the western entrance of the town of Tal Tamr, in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on October 14, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
October 14, 2019, 11:39 am
Syrian army moves to confront Turkish forces as US withdraws
Regime troops move toward border after reaching deal with Kurds to help counter Turkish military offensive; Erdogan signals imminent assault on Manbij
By Agencies
A picture taken during a guided tour with the Russian army shows Syrian elite soldiers taking part in an instruction session with Russian military trainers at an army base in Yafour, some 30 kilometers west of Damascus, September 24, 2019,(Maxime POPOV / AFP)
September 25, 2019, 3:55 pm
Russian military ‘advisers’ train new Syrian battalion
In rare display of Moscow’s military operations in war-torn country, regime troops show off new weapons skills, perform mine clearing exercises and carry out mock assaults
By Maxime Popov
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a drone which the Syrian state news agency says authorities have controlled and dismantled and was rigged with cluster bombs on the edge of the Israeli Golan Heights, southern Syria, September 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)
September 21, 2019, 2:50 pm
Syria says it captured explosives-laden drone near Golan border
State news agency also reports Syrian forces found Israeli-made vehicles and material in village near Quneitra
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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