Syrian war
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- 15 March 2011The uprising in Syria begins
- 25 May 2011Nasrallah on Liberation Day: backing the Syrian regimeOn 25 May 2011 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah rejected any Western sanctions on Syria and any Lebanese participation in…
- 17 June 2011Tripoli clashesOn 17 June 2011 clashes broke out between Jabal Mohsen (the Alawites, the Arab Democratic Party) and Bab al-Tabbaneh…
- 12 November 2011The Arab League suspends Syria, Lebanon "dissociates"
- 12 February 2012Jake Sullivan to Clinton: "AQ is on our side in Syria"
- 22 May 2012Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Azaz
- 11 June 2012The Baabda DeclarationOn 11 June 2012 the national dialogue committee, chaired by Michel Sleiman, adopted the Baabda Declaration: keeping…
- 13 July 2012Siege of the Sayyida Zainab shrineIn the summer of 2012 the opposition's shelling of the Sayyida Zainab area south of Damascus intensified and the gunmen…
- 18 July 2012Damascus crisis-cell bombing kills Assef Shawkat, Dawoud Rajha and Hassan TurkmaniOn 18 July 2012 a bombing targeted a meeting of the "crisis management cell" in the National Security building in…
- 9 August 2012Michel Samaha arrested carrying explosives from Ali Mamlouk for bombings in LebanonOn 9 August 2012 the Information Branch arrested the former minister Michel Samaha after seizing explosives he had…
- 27 November 2012The Okab Sakr scandal
- 4 April 2013Battle of Qusayr beginsOn 4 April 2013 the Syrian army and Hezbollah began the offensive in the Qusayr countryside bordering Hermel, the…
- 30 April 2013Nasrallah confirms Hezbollah fighting in SyriaOn 30 April 2013 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah explained the reasons for fighting in Syria: more than 30,000 Lebanese in the…
- 19 May 2013The battle for QusayrOn 19 May 2013 the Syrian army and Hezbollah entered the town of Qusayr from several axes after the evacuation of…
- 25 May 2013Liberation Day 2013 at Mashghara: "be where you wish"On 25 May 2013, on Resistance and Liberation Day in Mashghara and at the height of the battle of Qusayr, Sayyed Hassan…
- 28 May 2013First rockets from Syria on Hermel
- 9 July 2013Car bomb in Bir al-AbedOn 9 July 2013 a car bomb exploded in a car park near the Islamic Cooperative in Bir al-Abed in the southern suburbs,…
- July 2013The MOC operations room in Amman coordinates the southern Syrian rebelsIn the second half of 2013 the "Military Operations Centre" (MOC) was set up in Amman under the supervision of…
- 15 August 2013The Ruwais bombingOn 15 August 2013 a car bomb exploded in Rweiss in the southern suburbs, killing 27 people and wounding more than 300;…
- 16 August 2013Nasrallah after Rouwaiss: "I will go to Syria myself"On 16 August 2013, the day after the Rweiss bombing, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the bombings would not deter the…
- 21 August 2013The Ghouta chemical attackAt dawn on 21 August 2013 hundreds of civilians were killed by sarin gas in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus; Washington…
- 23 August 2013Al-Salam and al-Taqwa mosques bombedOn 23 August 2013 two car bombs exploded outside the al-Taqwa and al-Salam mosques in Tripoli during Friday prayers,…
- 19 October 2013Azaz hostages freed
- 19 November 2013Bombing outside the Iranian embassyOn 19 November 2013 two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Iranian embassy in Bir Hassan (23 dead); the…
- 31 December 2013The Jousieh battles settledThroughout December 2013, over 28 days, the gunmen launched intermittent attacks on the party's positions in Jousieh on…
- 2 January 2014The first Bir al-Abed bombingOn 2 January 2014 a car bomb exploded in Haret Hreik near Bir al-Abed (outside the former al-Jawad restaurant), killing…
- January 2014Attack on the strategic Qara depot in Qalamoun
- 16 January 2014Hermel bombing outside the government buildingOn 16 January 2014 a car bomb exploded outside the government Serail in Hermel, killing five; the Nusra Front claimed…
- 17 January 2014Shells from Syria on ArsalOn 17 January 2014, the day after the Hermel suicide bombing, shells and rockets fired from Syrian territory fell on…
- 21 January 2014Second Bir al-Abed bombingOn 21 January 2014 a suicide bomber blew up a car in Haret Hreik a few metres from the site of the 2 January bombing,…
- 1 February 2014Hermel army-checkpoint bombingOn 1 February 2014 a suicide bomber blew up a car at an army checkpoint in Hermel, killing four, among them a soldier;…
- 19 February 2014Two bombs outside the Iranian cultural centreOn 19 February 2014 two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the Iranian cultural centre in Bir Hassan (11 martyrs);…
- 16 March 2014The battle for QalamounOn 16 March 2014 Yabroud, the opposition's last stronghold in Qalamoun, fell to the Syrian army and Hezbollah; the…
- 20 March 2014The fall of Krak des Chevaliers
- 1 April 2014The Tripoli security plan
- 14 April 2014Fall of Maaloula, the last Qalamoun village
- 2 August 2014The Arsal eventsThe abduction of the 22 soldiers and the slaughter of other Lebanese army soldiers, whose bodies were dragged through…
- 17 August 2014Clinton email to Podesta: Qatar and Saudi give ISIL "clandestine financial and logistic support"
- 10 January 2015Jabal Mohsen bombingOn 10 January 2015 two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a café in Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli (9 dead); the Nusra…
- 4 May 2015The eastern mountain range battleOn 4 May 2015 Hezbollah and the Syrian army began the Qalamoun/eastern range offensive to drive Nusra and ISIS from the…
- 4 July 2015The battle for ZabadaniOn 4 July 2015 Hezbollah and the Syrian army began the offensive on Zabadani, the opposition's last stronghold near the…
- 30 September 2015Russia enters the Syrian warOn 30 September 2015 Russia began its air strikes in Syria, in Idlib and the south, in coordination with Iran and…
- 12 November 2015Burj al-Barajneh bombingOn 12 November 2015 two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded street in Burj al-Barajneh; 43 people were…
- 1 December 2015Soldiers held by al-Nusra freed in a swapOn 1 December 2015 the 16 Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by the Nusra Front in Arsal in August 2014 were released through…
- 22 February 2016Khanaser road cut: Aleppo supply line battleOn 22 February 2016 ISIS from the north, and Jund al-Aqsa and Caucasian fighters from the south, cut the…
- 1 April 2016Battle of Tal al-EisOn 1 April 2016 the Nusra Front and its allies launched a surprise attack on Tal al-Eis south of Aleppo, which…
- 13 May 2016Death of Sayyed Zulfiqar (Mustafa Badreddine)On 13 May 2016 Hezbollah announced the death of its military commander Mustafa Badreddine (Zulfiqar) in an explosion…
- 22 December 2016East Aleppo retakenOn 22 December 2016 the Syrian army and its allies, Hezbollah and the Iraqi factions in the lead and under air cover,…
- 19 July 2017Trump halts the CIA rebel-arming programme Timber Sycamore
- 21 July 2017Arsal outskirts battle: Hezbollah vs NusraOn 21 July 2017 Hezbollah began an attack on the outskirts of Arsal and Flita against the Nusra Front (Hayat Tahrir…
- 25 October 2017Hamad bin Jassim: Syria was "prey we fought over, and it got away"In an interview with Qatari television in October 2017, the former Qatari prime minister and foreign minister Hamad bin…
- 24 August 2019Strike near Damascus kills two Hezbollah members
- 17 June 2020The Caesar Act comes into force
- 5 October 2023Massacre at the officers' graduation ceremonyOn 5 October 2023 drones attacked an officers' graduation ceremony at the military academy in Homs, killing 89 people,…