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Syrian civil war
Timeline
Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)
Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012)
UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013)
Rise of ISIS in 2014
U.S.-led intervention, Rebel and ISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015)
Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016)
Aleppo escalation and Euphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017)
Collapse of ISIS in Syria (2017)
Rebels in retreat and Operation Olive Branch
(Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018)
Idlib demilitarization
(Sep. 2018 – April 2019)
First Idlib offensive, Operation Peace Spring, & Second Idlib offensive (April 2019 – March 2020)
Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – Nov. 2024)
Opposition offensives and Fall of the Assad regime (Nov. – Dec. 2024)
Transitional government and SNA–SDF conflict (Dec. 2024 – present)
Syrian War spillover and international incidents









Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic

Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels

U.S.-led intervention against ISIL

January 2016

4 January

After days of clashes with the Free Syrian Army and Islamic Front Forces the Syrian Army seize 55-60% of Sheikh Miskeen at the Daraa Governorate.

Free Syrian Army groups supported the Saudi decision to sever diplomatic ties with Iran.

6 January

Abu Rateb al-Homsy, leader of Ahrar al-Sham rebel group in Homs is assassinated by unknown gunmen in the village of Farhaniyeh.

7 January

Pro Government National Defence Forces (Syria) captures the desert village of Al-Bayarat in the northwestern countryside of Palmyra from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant now clashes between the two parties near the small village of Al-Dawa.

12 January

Syrian Armed forces take control of the rebel Bastion of Salma in the Latakia Governorate
According to Putin, Assad may have an asylum from Russia.

17 January

Syrian Rebels declare full control of Doudyan, Yani Yaban, Baraghadeh, Al Yaroubiyeh villages in Northeastern Allepo, which they took from ISIS

See also: Deir ez Zor massacre

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant abducts over 400 civilians from Al-Baghaliyeh suburb in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, after clashes with Syrian Army forces and their allies that left over 150 combatants killed.

24 January

A ballistic missile struck an Al-Nusra run police station in Idlib killing 11 Islamist Fighters and 5 civilians.

25 January

Syrian Army units and its allies capture the southern rebel bastion of Shaykh Maskin cutting off rebels supplies towards Daara.

February 2016

The Syrian Army anounces the beginning of the 3rd Phase of the Lattakia Offensive with the aim of sealing the Northeastern Corner of the Latakia Governorate and create a frontline at the rebel city of Jisr Al-Shughour

References

  1. Al-Masdar News
  2. Al-Masdar News
  3. Gunmen assassinate commander of Syrian rebel group
  4. Breaking: Syrian Army captures Al-Bayarat in west Palmyra
  5. Syria: Army seizes 'full control' of rebel-held town, Salma
  6. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35294890
  7. "Sami on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  8. "AEJ خليل ้้้้้็็็็Ⓜ on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  9. SIS massacres 300 and kidnaps at least 400 including women and children during attack on government-held city
  10. Syria conflict: Conflicting accounts of Deir al-Zour attack
  11. Missile kills 11 Islamists, 5 others in Syria’s Idlib. Alarabiyah.com Retrieved 25.01.2016
  12. Tide turns in Syrian war with capture of key town aljazeera.com Retrieved 26.01.2016
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