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The Syrian Army captured the rebel stronghold town of Talkalakh. Following the assault, 39 local leaders of the Free Syrian Army surrendered and handed over their weapons. The Syrian opposition denied the town had fallen and claimed there was still fighting ongoing however reporters on the ground said there was no sign of it. [49]
Anti-Assad protests in Baniyas, 29 April 2011. Major unrest began on 15 March 2011, when protesters marched in Damascus and Aleppo, demanding democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners, triggered by the arrest of a teenage boy and his friends a few days earlier in the city of Daraa, for writing in graffiti, "It's your turn, doctor". [7]
The May 2013 Rif Dimashq airstrikes were a series of aerial attacks made on targets in Syria on 3 and 5 May 2013. [3] The 3 May attack was on targets at Damascus International Airport. [1] [4] The 5 May attacks were on targets at Jamraya, and the Al-Dimas and Maysalun areas in Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside). [5]
What happened in Syria's civil war? The war in Syria began in 2011 when a pro-democracy uprising calling for the end of Assad's long reign escalated quickly into a brutal civil war.
Syrian civil war; Part of the First Arab Spring, Arab Winter, Second Arab Spring, Iraqi Civil War, War against the Islamic State, War on Terror, Kurdish–Turkish and Arab–Israeli conflicts; and the Iran–Turkey, Iran–Israel, Iran–Saudi, Qatar–Saudi and Russia-U.S. proxy wars: Military situation as of 7 January 2025 at 2:00pm ET
Areas in western Syria under control of the Free Syrian Army and other rebel groups in June 2012 (dark red). On 1 June 2012, President Assad vowed to crush the anti-government uprising. [75] On 5 June 2012, fighting broke out in Haffa and nearby villages in the coastal governorate of Latakia Governorate.
The majority of Syria’s population depended on farming before the war. Last year, the country’s wheat harvests totaled 1 million tonnes, 75 per cent less than before the war broke out.
11 May: Two car bombs explode in the town of Reyhanlı in Hatay Province, Turkey. At least 51 are killed and 140 injured. [5] The attack is the deadliest single act of terrorism ever to take place on Turkish soil to date. [6] Along with the Syrian intelligence service, ISIL is suspected of carrying out the attack. [7]