Military history of Syria

The death toll from airstrikes carried out by Russian and Syrian regime forces on July 22 morning in the de-escalation zone in Idlib province rose to 50 civilians, according to the White Helmets civil defense agency.

A Turkish observation post in Syria's Idlib region was attacked with mortar fire and shelling from an area controlled by Syrian government forces and it was retaliated with heavy weapons, Turkish Defense Ministry said on June 16.
The "deliberate" attack from Idlib region's Tall Bazan area to the Turkish post in Murak area caused damage but no casualties, the ministry said.

Turkey says a recent attack on its observation posts by the Syrian army in the de-militarized zone in Idlib was deliberate and has vowed to respond if the assaults continue.

Implementation of the Russian-Turkish memorandum on Idlib will ease the life of the citizens in the war-weary Syrian region, the head of Russian diplomacy said on June 11.

Turkish journalists from Demirören News Agency had a close brush with death in Syria's Idlib as the regime's air forces unleashed heavy airstrikes on the region.

A full-scale assault against militants in Syria's Idlib province "is not expedient now" and civilians' security needs to be taken into account, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 27.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties involved in the Syrian conflict to maintain their commitments and uphold the ceasefire arrangement in the country's northern Idlib province.       

The perpetrators of a chemical weapons attack carried out on the Syrian suburb of Douma on April 7 should be punished to prevent such an attack happening again, Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hami Aksoy has urged.

Russian combat aviation has stepped up on Monday to hit its strikes against rebel-controlled cities in Syria's Idlib province after a fighter was shot down on Saturday and the pilot was killed, Reuters reported.

Twelve members of a criminal gang forcing Syrian children to beg on the streets were detained in an operation by the police on Sept. 11 in Istanbul.