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The following is a timeline of the Syrian civil war from November 2024. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found in casualties of the Syrian civil war.

On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a lightning offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Aleppo, Idlib, Hama and Homs Governorates in Syria which was followed by other rebel offensives from the Southern Front, the SDF and the Syrian Free Army.

November

On 4 November, three SDF fighter and four SAA soldiers were killed by SNA infiltration operation on Al-Raqqah frontlines.

On 17 November, a SDF fighter was killed in an ISIS attack on military position.

On 19 November, five SNA fighters were killed in an SDF infiltration operation in Abdouky Al-Kabeer Village west of Tel Abyad City.

On 20 November, Israeli airstrikes on Palmyra killed 108 people and wounded several more.

On 21 November, two SDF fighters were killed and 10 others were injured after an ISIS IED exploded targeting their vehicle near Al-Azbah junction in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.

On the same day, an SAA soldier was killed and four others injured in an IED attack by ISIS cells in Al-Rasafah desert in south-western Al-Raqqah.

On 22 November, two SDF fighters were killed in clashes with SNA fighters on the Abdouki frontline near the city of Tell Abyad.

On 23 November, two SAA soldiers were killed after ISIS militants ambushed their vehicle in the al-Bishri desert, in the Deir ez-Zor countryside.

On 23 November, two IRGC troops were killed and two injured in an ISIS attack in Deir Ezzor countryside.

On 24 November, two SDF fighters were killed and one critically injured in an IED attack by ISIS in the Deir ez-Zor Province.

On the same day, 15 SNA fighters were killed in an SDF infiltration attack on the Al-Daghlabash frontline in Aleppo countryside.

On 25 November, a SDF fighter was killed in clashes with SNA on Afrin countryside.

On 25 November, a NDF fighter was killed by ISIS cells in Al-Raqqah province.

On 25 November, a SAA soldier was killed and 9 others injured in an IED attack occurred in Homs.

On 25 November, two Hezbollah fighters were killed five injured in Israeli airstrike on Homs Province.

On 26 November, two SDF fighters were killed in an attack by ISIS cells on Al-Hasakah and Al-Raqqah Highway.

On 27 November, the HTS launched an offensive in the northwestern area of the Aleppo Governorate, capturing several towns and villages.

On 28 November, a SDF fighter was killed by Turkish drone strike on north of Al-Raqqah province.

On 29 November, a SDF member was killed in Al-Qamishly by unidentified gunmen.

On 29 November, a SAA soldier was killed and 2 injured in an attack in Al-Suwaydaa Province.

On 29 November, 54 people were killed in Syria.

On 30 November, a SAA soldier and three Bedouin tribe members were killed in Al-Suwaydaa.

On 30 November, 70 people were killed in Syria.

On the same day, three SNA fighters were killed in a Russian airstrike on their positions in Al-Karidiya frontline in Al-Bab countryside eastern of Aleppo.

The SOHR reported that at least 746 people were killed in Syria in the month of November 2024, the largest monthly death toll in nearly 60 months.

December

On 1 December, as part of the renewed rebel advance into the southern Idlib and Hama Governorates, seven HTS fighters were killed in Khan Shaykhun by booby-trapped missiles in a former SAA warehouse that was abandoned by retreating government forces in the city.

On the same day, opposition forces took control of Khanasir and As-Safira towns and Kuwayres military airbase in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. Nine SAA soldiers were killed during the fighting.

Furthermore, six Iranian militamen were killed in a local gunmen attack in Talbiseh City.

13 civilians were killed by a Russian airstrike in Idlib city and 12 other people were killed in a Russian airstrike in Aleppo city centre including 2 HTS fighters.

On 2 December, the General Security Directorate was able to arrest an ISIS emir in the town of Al-Izba, north of Deir ez-Zor. The emir was responsible for several recent bombings and assassinations in the town.

Eight civilians were killed in a HTS rocket attack on Hama city. Four civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike near the directorate of health in Idlib city.

Heavy clashes began between Syrian Army forces and forces of HTS on the renewed Hama front in the towns of Karnaz and Suran. Clashes also occurred on the frontline in the Al-Ghab Plain, amid a failed HTS offensive where at least ten HTS members were killed attacking SAA positions.

On 2 December, three SDF fighters were killed in a Turkish drone strike on their car on M4 Highway. Also on 2 December, a SAA soldier was killed and another injured by unidentified attack in Al-Hasakah.

Between 2-3 December, at least 68 people, including 23 Syrian opposition fighters, 29 Syrian Army soldiers and 16 civilians were killed in Syria.

On 3 December, a SDF fighter and a civilian were killed in clashes with SAA. Two civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike in Khan Shaykhun, southern Idlib. At least 17 SAA soldiers and 8 HTS fighters were killed in the clashes north of Hama on 3 December; two civilians were also killed by HTS shelling in the city.

At least 11 SDF/civilians, including a woman, were executed by SNA fighters amid many more Kurdish civilians being held captive and evacuated from the Al-Shuhabaa area and northern Aleppo countryside. Also on 3 December, six SAA soldiers were killed in an American airstrike near Deir ez Zor airport.

Between 3-4 December, at least 129 people, including 70 Syrian opposition fighters, 47 SAA soldiers and 12 civilians were killed in Syria.

On 6 December, a SDF fighter was killed and three others injured in a Turkish shelling of Manbij.

On 7 December, two SDF fighters were killed in a Turkish kamikaze drone strike in Manbij City. On that same day, rebel Syrian forces entered the capital city of Damascus, as rumor has it that Bashar al-Assad flees the nation and leaves Syria in the hands of the SDF and allied forces.

On 8 December, Syrian opposition forces captured Damascus.

On the same day, hours after the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces were sent to reinforce the UN's forces (UNDOF) in maintaining the UN buffer zone, citing concerns of extremist groups operating in the region after the dissolution of the Syrian Arab Army, while stating that they were not interested in interfering in events in Syria. Hours later, Israeli forces invaded and seized the UN buffer zone in the Golan Heights, declaring the 1974 disengagement agreement void. Additionally, they moved forces into Syrian territory, occupying the Druze towns of Khan Arnabeh and al-Baath. Israel later took complete control of Mount Hermon after taking control of the Syrian side without facing resistance.

On 9 December, Turkish and Turkish-backed SNA fighters captured the city of Manbij in northern Syria.

On the same day, 11 civilians were killed by a Turkish drone strike in SDF-controlled Al-Mustariha in Ain Issa countryside in northern Al-Raqqah. The same day Ali Mahmoud, the highest ranking Syrian officer was found dead.

Furthermore, 11 SDF fighters were also killed in a Turkish drone strike on an SDF position near Qarquzaq bridge east of Manbij.

On 9 December, at leat 80 people were killed in Syria.

On 10 December, at least 3 civilians and tens of wounded Manbij Military Council fighters were extrajudicially executed by SNA fighters after the fall of the Manbij area to SNA forces following the Manbij offensive.

Five fighters of Ahrar al-Sharqiya were killed in clashes with SDF forces after attacking SDF positions in Al-Aliyah and Al-Susah towns in Tel Tamr countryside in northern Al-Hasakah.

As part of a new offensive into ex-SAA positions in the Homs desert, ISIS militants captured and executed at least 54 ex-Syrian Army soldiers in the Homs desert.

Eight civilians were killed by a Turkish drone strike in the village of Safia in the Ain Issa countryside. Another two civilians were also killed in a separate Turkish drone strike in Ja’ada Village south west of Kobani.

At least six employees working in the Al-Taim oil field were killed in an attack by ISIS fighters.

Footage was also released of HTS fighters shooting at least two ex-SAA soldiers in a public summary execution in the village of Rabia, Syria.

On 10 December, at least 198 people were killed in Syria, including 68 SDF and 30 SNA fighters in clashes in Manbij.

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