Western reconstruction funds and diplomatic recognition must not precede verifiable proof that Iranian smuggling networks have been permanently dismantled. The proclaimed neutrality of Ahmed al-Sharaa is a diplomatic posture, not an operational reality. Opinion.
Syria accuses Israel of airstrikes on military sites near Homs and Latakia, calling it a breach of sovereignty and urging UN intervention. Israel has not responded to the allegations.
Syrian rebels enter the capital Damascus, having earlier taken control of the city of Homs. Assad flees to an unknown location.
Al-Watan newspaper reports that the attack attributed to Israel targeted a vehicle factory in the area. A fire broke out, but there were no injuries.
Syrian media report a wave of attacks attributed to Israel in the districts of Hama, Homs, Tartus and Damascus. Extensive damage reported in "scientific research institute" in Masyaf. Eighteen Syrians dead.
Syrian army says Israel launched an air strike in the area of the city of Homs. According to the reports, the strike targeted a Hezbollah military base.
Syrian state media report air strike in Homs, in Syria's central region, attributed to Israel.
Syrian media report explosions in the Homs area as a result of an air strike which was blamed on Israel.
Syrian army blames 'armed terrorist organizations supported by international actors' for deadly drone strike at graduation ceemony.
Syrian media report Israeli air strike in Hama and Homs regions of the country, hours after blaming Israel for air strike in Tartus.
Syrian media report air defense systems activated against "hostile targets" over Homs following air strike attributed to Israel.
Western intelligence sources say the rocket strikes targeted area in which Hezbollah is entrenched.
Syrian media report that air defense systems were activated following Israeli air strike near Homs.
Syrian media offer contradictory reports on whether Israeli missiles were successfully intercepted in Homs area.
Media outlets in Syria report air defense systems activated following Israeli air strikes in city of Palmyra.
Syrian media outlets report Israeli air strikes targeted an air force base in Homs and another target on the Syria-Iraq border.
Syrian media: Country's air defense systems activated following an Israeli air strike on the city of Homs.
Syrian media says air strike carried out by Israel targeted the T4 airbase near the city of Homs.
Syrian media claims Israeli aircraft attacked near city of Homs from Lebanese territory.
Syrian media reports: Air defense systems activated in Homs and Quneitra. Israeli aircraft reportedly seen over the area.
Missiles fired toward the T-4 base in Homs. Some reports say large weapons depot attacked. Syrian army blames Israel.
Syrian media report of air strike on T-4 airbase in Homs. Syrian military official claims attack was an Israeli attack.
Islamic State announces that son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed during a battle in the Syrian city of Homs.
Intelligence officials say the Israeli military targeted an advanced Iranian air-defense system at a Syrian base in Homs last week.
Syrian air defenses respond to missile strike in the central province of Homs. Source of the strike is not yet known.
Several people killed and injured as military airbase near Homs attacked with missiles. Russia: Israel responsible for the attack.
Syria urges UN to take action following reports of Israeli attack on an arms factory in Homs.
Drone footage from Homs, Syria's third-largest city, show eery, post-apocalyptic scene, two months after the guns fell silent.
ISIS hits city turned over to regime by rebels with a car bomb, critically wounding many in blast that 'left a huge crater.'
US official and Syrian rebels say Russia's opening salvo of 'ISIS war' only hit civilian targets and US-backed groups fighting ISIS.
Twin car bomb explosions in an Alawite neighborhood kill at least 18 people, mostly children.
Islamic Front claims it carried out second major attack on regime forces in as many days; may indicate a new stage in the rebellion.
Homs, flashpoint for clashes, reverts to Assad's control - in exchange for the release of terrorists.
Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for Nusra Front, ISIS to unite in fighting Assad, as city of Homs expected to fall to regime forces.
Jurists' letter states that Syria is withholding humanitarian aid arbitrarily, demands UN deliver relief 'with or without consent.'
Two car bombs kill at least 25 people, including women and children, in a government-held neighborhood of Homs.
Father Frans van der Lugt insisted on staying in Syria to help both Christians and Muslims in the war-torn country.
At least 29 rebels die in Homs as a car bomb explodes while being primed for an attack.
Homs evacuation sees 1,300 people transferred to safety; horrific accounts of hunger in the besieged city make headlines worldwide.
At least four aid workers wounded as fragile ceasefire falls apart one day after being agreed.
Assad reportedly agrees to ceasefire in Homs to let civilians out and aid in, follows initial promises Sunday during Geneva 2 talks.
Syria's regime agrees to allow women and children safe passage from rebel-held areas of the city of Homs.
Al-Nusra Front says its people attacked three villages in Homs and killed dozens of members of Assad's Alawite clan.
Rebels in Syria hit the city of Homs, killing 40, as Assad makes a rare trip outside the capital.
Capture of Khaldiya neighborhood in the central Syrian town of Homs brings regime one step closer to control of entire city.
Then-Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman requested info on Ron Arad, Eli Cohen
Syria rejects the proposal by the opposition of a ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan.
Ahmad Jarba, the new president of the Syrian National Coalition, has offered a ceasefire during the month of Ramadan.
Russia blocked a UN Security Council demand that Syria allow immediate access to civilians trapped in Homs.
Syrian Army regulars launched an assault Saturday on rebel-held parts of Homs, while continuing to bomb areas in Damascus and Aleppo.
Talks are stalled over UN inspection of sites where Syrian chemical weapons are stored, according to diplomatic sources.
Syrian rebels launch a surprise raid to retake a key district of the central city of Homs, dubbed 'capital of the revolution'.
The jihadist Al-Nusra Front seized a town in the oil-rich Syrian Hasakah province after a battle in which 100 soldiers and 30 rebels died.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces used non-lethal chemical weapons against rebels in Homs, the French daily Le Monde reports.
More than 100 civilians have been killed in a new massacre north of the Syrian city of Homs, activists say.
Alleged massacre took place in Deir Baalba. Twenty said dead in Aleppo.
Heavy fighting continues in Damascus, Aleppo and along Syria's border with Turkey, as the UN notes Syrians may be hungry for a year to come.
The convoy of Lt.-Gen. Babacar Gaye, head of the UN observer mission in Syria, was attacked by government forces over the weekend.
Syria's opposition issues cry for help on as regime forces pound Homs, leaving hundreds trapped with little food or water.
