Syrian History Timeline (Part 2)

Events 201 - 260 of 260

• 2014-12-07 The Syrian military accuse Israel of carrying out two air strikes on Syria
• 2015-07-20 Suicide bomber kills 30 in Turkish town of Suruc near Syrian border
• 2015-08-21 1st British unmanned drone hit on a UK citizen outside a conflict - ISIS fighter Reyaad Khan in Raqqa, Syria

• 2015-08-21 European Refugee Crisis: Germany makes it easier for Syrian refugees to claim asylum by suspending their Dublin Regulations
• 2015-08-23 Destruction by IS of the 1st century AD temple of Baalshamin in ancient ruins of Palmyra confirmed by Syrian officials
• 2015-09-06 German police confirm more than 13,000 refugees have arrived in Southern Germany in last 2 days fleeing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan
• 2015-11-15 France launches air strikes on Isis stronghold Raqqa in Syria in wake of terror attack on Paris
• 2016-02-21 Bombings in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus kill 140 people, Islamic State claims responsibility

• 2016-09-19 Aid convoy into Urum al-Kubra, Syria attacked by air strikes, UN denounces as a war crime
• 2016-12-30 A ceasefire organised by Russia, Iran and Turkey between Syria's government and opposition groups takes effect
• 2017-04-04 Chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Syria by Syrian government forces kills more than 80 civilians

• 2017-04-15 Suicide car bomb targets buses carrying Syrian evacuees at Rashidin, 126 killed including 70 children
• 2017-06-06 Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the US launch offensive to take Raqqa from Islamic State in Syria
• 2017-06-19 Russia warns the US it will target US and allied aircraft over Syria after US fighter shoots down Syrian warplane
• 2017-10-17 Islamic State headquarters Raqqa declared under full control of US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello after 4 months of fighting
• 2018-02-06 UN calls for ceasefire in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area by Syrian government troops after 40 people reportedly killed
• 2018-02-18 Syrian government forces begin a new offensive on Eastern Ghouta in Syria's civil war
• 2018-02-19 Syrian government forces bombard Gouta in deadliest day in 3 years, killing over 100 civilians
• 2018-02-24 UN Security Council passes resolution for 30 day ceasefire in Syria
• 2018-03-12 Civilian death toll in Eastern Ghouta passes 1,000 in three weeks as Syrian government forces capture the town of Mesraba
• 2018-03-15 More than 12,000 people flee Hamouria in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, after town bombarded
• 2018-03-18 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seize Kurdish held northern Syrian town of Afrin
• 2018-04-07 Suspected gas attack on Douma by Syrian government airforce kills more than 40 people and injuries more than 500
• 2018-04-14 US, UK and French forces carry out airstrikes on sites associated with Syria's chemical weapons program, in response to Douma gas attack
• 2018-05-10 Israel fires missiles at 70 Iranian targets inside Syria after Iran fires missiles into the Golan Heights, with claims Israel struck first in attack on Baath
• 2018-07-02 270,000 people now displaced by fighting in south-western Syria says UN since assault on rebel-held area two weeks ago
• 2018-07-22 Israeli military and allies evacuate over 400 White Helmet Syrian rescue workers from its border with Syria to Jordan
• 2018-07-25 Multiple suicide bombings and attacks by the Islamic State in Sweida and surrounding areas of Syria kill more than 200
• 2018-09-11 American-backed militia begins final push to oust militants from Hajin, Syria, last area under Islamic State control
• 2018-12-01 Syrian shadow puppetry added to UN list of cultural activities in urgent need of saving
• 2018-12-12 Seven mass graves in former Islamic State area discovered containing hundreds of bodies, some tortured, near Albu Kamal, eastern Syria
• 2018-12-19 US President Donald Trump announces victory over the Islamic State and planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria
• 2019-01-16 Explosion by a suicide bomber aimed at US-led coalition forces at a market in Manjib, Syria, kills about 18 including four Americans
• 2019-01-31 At least 20 newborns and children have died in last two months of the cold, trying to get to the Al-Ho Syrian refugee camp according to WHO
• 2019-03-12 More than 3,000 ISIS fighters have surrendered amid battle for last ISIS stronghold in Baghouz, Syria, according to Syrian Democratic Forces officials
• 2019-03-23 Syrian Democratic Forces announce that the last Islamic State territory has been retaken raising flags in Baghuz, Syria and ending the five-year Islamic State "caliphate"
• 2019-07-22 Air strikes have killed at least 31 people in Maarat al-Numan, north-western Syria, with Russian planes supporting Syrian government being blamed
• 2019-08-31 US missile attack in al-Qaeda jihadist training camp in Idlib province, Syria, kills 40
• 2019-10-09 Turkey launches airstrikes on Kurdish forces in Northern Syria after US President Donald Trump announces decision to pull back US forces
• 2019-10-13 Kurdish forces make a deal with Syrian army for them to patrol border areas in north east Syria to combat Turkish offensive after US President Donald Trump pulls out US forces

• 2019-10-22 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agree deal to jointly control former Kurdish territory in Northern Syria
• 2019-10-26 Raid by US Special Forces kills ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria
• 2019-11-21 22 killed in displacement camp in attack by Syrian government in Idlib province, Syria
• 2020-02-14 More than 800,000 people displaced from their homes in north-western Syria amid assault by Syrian pro-government forces on last rebel stronghold
• 2020-03-01 Turkey launches major offensive against Syrian government in northern Syria after 36 Turkish soldiers killed in air and artillery strikes 3 days earlier
• 2020-07-01 Word record drug haul of 14 tonnes of amphetamines seized by Italian police in Salerno worth $1.1 billion. Thought made in Syria by Islamic State.
• 2021-01-13 Deadliest air raid by Israel on Syria since 2018, when 10 soldiers and 47 allied fighters killed in attacks on military positions [1]
• 2021-10-21 Syria's government says it has executed 24 people for starting devastating wildfires in 2020 that killed three [1]
• 2022-01-13 Landmark conviction of former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan for state-sponsored crimes against humanity in Koblenz, Germany [1]
• 2022-01-30 Kurdish-led militia and American forces regain control of Sinaa prison in Hasaka, Syria, after a week-log assault by ISIS fighters, with the loss of 500 lives [1]
• 2022-02-03 ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi blows himself and his family up during a raid by US Special Forces in Syria [1]
• 2022-10-12 Lebanon reports its first death from Cholera since 1993, spreading from neighbouring Syria [1]
• 2023-02-06 Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria, first 7.8 magnitude at 4.15am 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi, second 7.5 magnitude at 1:24pm with many strong aftershocks causing buildings to collapse. Death toll 59,000 in Turkey, 8,000 Syria [1]
• 2023-02-19 Türkiye ends rescue efforts in all but Kahramanmaras and Hatay, two weeks after the devastating earthquakes that stuck in the south-east and in northern Syria, killing between 59,488–62,013 people and leaving an estimated 1.5 million people homeless [1]
• 2023-02-20 6.4 magnitude earthquake, followed by 5.8 magnitude aftershock strikes near city of Antakya, Turkey, on the Syria border, killing at least six people in same region devastated by earthquakes 6 Feb [1]
• 2023-02-25 Turkey widens probe into buildings that collapsed during the Feb 6 earthquakes arresting 184 people, as the death toll passes 44,128 (including Syria, more than 50,000), with nearly two million people left homeless [1]
• 2023-05-07 Syria is readmitted into the influential Arab League, more than ten year after being thrown out for repressing pro-democracy protesters [1]

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