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Syrian civil war
Timeline
Background and causes
Casualties
Cities
Terrorism
Massacres
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Civil uprising in Syria
(March–August 2011)
Daraa
Baniyas
Homs (May–August 2011)
Talkalakh
Rastan and Talbiseh
1st Jisr ash-Shughur
Hama
Latakia
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Start of insurgency in Syria
(Sept. 2011 – April 2012)
Siege of Homs
1st Homs offensive
1st Idlib Gov.
Syrian–Turkish border
Jabal al-Zawiya
1st Idlib City
Saraqib
1st Rastan
Hama Gov.
Daraa Gov.
Rif Dimashq Gov.
1st Rif Dimashq
1st Zabadani
Douma
1st Deir ez-Zor Gov.
Hatla
Aleppo Gov.
Azaz
2nd Rastan
1st al-Qusayr
2nd Idlib Gov.
Taftanaz
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UN ceasefire
;
Rebel advances
(May 2012 – Dec. 2013)
3rd Rastan
Houla
1st Northern Homs
Al-Haffah
Al-Qubeir
Al-Tremseh
3rd Idlib Gov.
1st Damascus
Bombing
1st Aleppo city
Anadan
Menagh Air Base
Base 46
Khan al-Assal
1st Aleppo offensive
2nd Aleppo offensive
Syrian Kurdistan
and
Kurdish–Islamist conflict
Hasaka campaign
Ras al-Ayn
al-Yaarubiyah
Tell Hamis and Tell Brak
Tell Abyad
Nubl & Al-Zahraa
2nd Rif Dimashq
(
1st Darayya
)
Abu al-Duhur Airbase
Quneitra Gov.
3rd Rif Dimashq
1st Yarmouk camp
2nd Darayya
Darayya & Muadamiyat
Aqrab
1st Hama offensive
Halfaya
1st Safira
Shadadeh
2nd Damascus
1st Raqqa Gov.
1st Raqqa city
1st Daraa offensive
4th Rif Dimashq
Jdaidet al-Fadl
Tadamon
Ghouta
2nd al-Qusayr
3rd al-Qusayr
Eastern Ghouta
2nd Hama offensive
Bayda and Baniyas
1st Latakia offensive
Ma'loula
Sadad
5th Rif Dimashq
1st Qalamoun
Adra
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e
Rise of ISIS
in
2014
Inter-rebel conflict
Northern Aleppo
Markada
1st Deir ez-Zor offensive
al-Otaiba ambush
Maan
Hosn
Morek
2nd Daraa offensive
2nd Latakia offensive
4th Idlib Gov.
Al-Malihah
2nd Wadi Deif
2nd Qalamoun
Arsal
2nd Deir ez-Zor Gov.
1st Shaer gas field
1st Eastern Syria
Tabqa Airbase
3rd Hama offensive
6th Rif Dimashq
1st Quneitra
1st Kobanî
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U.S.-led intervention
,
Rebel
and
ISIL advances
(Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015)
U.S.-led intervention
Homs school bombing
3rd Daraa offensive
2nd Safira
2014 Idlib city raid
Nusra–FSA conflict
2nd Shaer gas field
1st Al-Shaykh Maskin
2nd Deir ez-Zor offensive
3rd Aleppo offensive
An-26 crash
4th Daraa offensive
Southern Syria
Eastern al-Hasakah offensive
1st Sarrin
Hama/Homs offensive
Bosra
5th Idlib Gov
2nd Idlib city
Al-Fu'ah-Kafriya
Nasib
2nd Yarmouk camp
1st Northwestern Syria
3rd Qalamoun
1st Palmyra
Western al-Hasakah offensive
1st Al-Hasakah city
Tell Abyad
Daraa/As-Suwayda
2nd Quneitra
2nd Sarrin
5th Daraa
2nd Al-Hasakah city
2nd Kobanî
4th Aleppo offensive
2nd Zabadani
2nd Palmyra
Al-Ghab
1st al-Qaryatayn
Douma market
7th Rif Dimashq
Kuweires offensive
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Russian intervention
(Sept. 2015 – March 2016)
Russian intervention
3rd Quneitra
2nd Northwestern Syria
3rd Latakia offensive
Su-24 shootdown
5th Aleppo offensive
al-Hawl
2nd Homs offensive
6th Aleppo offensive
4th Hama offensive
Tell Tamer
Tishrin Dam
2nd Al-Shaykh Maskin
al-Qamishli bombings
Orontes River
3rd Deir ez-Zor offensive
1st Sayyidah Zaynab
7th Aleppo offensive
1st Ithriyah-Raqqa
Al-Shaddadi
Homs bombings
2nd Sayyidah Zaynab
Khanasir
2nd Tel Abyad
Al-Tanf
2nd Al-Qaryatayn
3rd Palmyra
2nd Maarat al-Nu'man
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Aleppo escalation
and
Euphrates Shield
(March 2016 – February 2017)
8th Aleppo offensive
6th Daraa
9th–11th Aleppo offensives
Al-Dumayr
1st East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict
1st Qamishli
Aleppo bombings
8th Rif Dimashq
3rd Shaer gas field
Northern Raqqa
Jableh & Tartus
1st Manbij
Tokhar
2nd Ithriyah-Raqqa
9th Rif Dimashq
12th–14th Aleppo offensives
12th
13th
14th
4th Latakia offensive
1st Abu Kamal
3rd Qamishli
Atmeh
al-Rai
3rd Al-Hasakah City
Operation Euphrates Shield
Northern al-Bab
Dabiq
al-Bab
5th Hama offensive
1st Western al-Bab
1st Eastern Qalamoun
September bombings
4th Quneitra
Deir ez-Zor airstrike
Aleppo aid convoy attack
15th Aleppo offensive
Khan al-Shih
1st Idlib inter-rebel conflict
2nd Western al-Bab
16th Aleppo offensive
2nd Raqqa Gov.
17th Aleppo offensive
4th Palmyra
Wadi Barada
1st Syrian Desert
Azaz bombings
5th Palmyra
4th Deir ez-Zor offensive
18th Aleppo offensive
2nd Idlib inter-rebel conflict
7th Daraa
Qaboun
8th Daraa
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Collapse of the
Islamic State
in Syria (Feb. – Nov. 2017)
Eastern Homs offensive
al-Jina mosque
6th Hama offensive
Tabqa
Khan Shaykhun
US Shayrat strike
Aleppo bus bombing
April 2017 Turkish airstrikes
2nd East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict
2nd Syrian Desert
Maskanah
East Hama
2nd Raqqa city
9th Daraa
Southern Raqqa
Iranian Deir ez-Zor strike
Ja'din
Jobar
5th Quneitra
Central Syria
3rd Idlib inter-rebel conflict
4th Qalamoun
3rd Deir ez-Zor Gov.
2nd Eastern Syria
5th Deir ez-Zor offensive
Euphrates Crossing
Mayadin
2nd Abu Kamal
7th Hama offensive
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Rebels in retreat and
Operation Olive Branch
(Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018)
3rd Northwestern Syria
Eastern Syria insurgency
Atarib
Harasta
Beit Jinn
3rd Syrian Desert
6th Deir ez-Zor offensive
1st Southern Damascus
Olive Branch
Afrin
SDF insurgency
Khasham
Feb 2018 Israel–Syria incident
10th Rif Dimashq
(
Douma
)
4th Idlib inter-rebel conflict
2nd Southern Damascus
U.S.-led missile strikes
2nd Northern Homs
2nd Eastern Qalamoun
3rd Southern Damascus
Deir ez-Zor SAA-SDF clashes
House of Cards
1st As-Suwayda
2nd Southern Syria
2nd As-Suwayda
3rd As-Suwayda
2nd Qamishli
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Idlib demilitarization
(Sep. 2018 – April 2019)
Idlib demilitarization
5th Idlib inter-rebel conflict
1st Israeli missile strikes
2nd Iranian strike
Northern border clashes
Daraa insurgency
Manbij bombing
Baghuz Fawqani
U.S. airstrike
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e
First Idlib offensive
,
Operation Peace Spring
, &
Second Idlib offensive
(April 2019 – March 2020)
4th Northwestern
Tell Rifaat
Raqqa & Azaz
Hass
2nd Israeli missile strikes
Peace Spring
(
2nd Ras al-Ayn
)
Kayla Mueller
Northern bombings
3rd Israeli missile strikes
Qah
5th Northwestern
Balyun
Spring Shield
2nd U.S. missile strikes
10th Daraa
v
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e
Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – Nov. 2024)
6th Idlib inter-rebel conflict
Ayn Issa
Qamishli & Al-Hasakah
4th Israeli missile strikes
3rd Qamishli
11th Daraa
7th Idlib inter-rebel conflict
3rd Al-Hasakah city
1st Aleppo inter-rebel conflict
Jabal al-Bishrī
2nd Aleppo inter-rebel conflict
Claw-Sword
Northwestern clashes
3rd U.S. missile strikes
2nd Northern clashes
Deir ez-Zor clashes
3rd Northern clashes
Homs drone strike
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
(
Iranian consulate airstrike
)
February 2024 airstrikes
Anti-Turkish riots
Masyaf raid
v
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e
Opposition offensives
and
Assad overthrown
(Nov. – Dec. 2024)
Opposition offensives
6th Northwestern
2nd Aleppo city
Hospital strike
8th Hama offensive
19th Aleppo offensive
7th Deir ez-Zor offensive
3rd Homs offensive
6th Palmyra
Al-Mustariha strike
3rd Southern Syria
3rd Damascus
Fall of the Assad regime
v
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e
New government;
Assadist insurgency
&
Southern conflict
(Dec. 2024 – present)
Northeastern Syria
2nd Manbij
2nd Kobani
20th Aleppo offensive
Israeli invasion of Syria
Damascus airstrikes
Hezbollah–Syria clashes
Assadist insurgency
1st Western clashes
12th Daraa
2nd Western clashes
Syrian Alawites massacres
Druze insurgency
Jaramana
4th Southern Syria
(
Syrian Druze massacres
)
5th Southern Syria
Mar Elias Church attack
SDF-STG clashes
v
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e
Syrian War spillover and international incidents
Lebanon spillover
Lebanese–Syrian border
Sidon
Iranian embassy bombing
North Lebanon clashes
Syrian–Turkish border incidents
Turkish F4 shootdown
Reyhanlı bombings
Turkish occupation of northern Syria
Kurdish riots
Jordanian–Syrian border incidents
Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line
February 2018 incident
May 2018 incident
Iraqi–Syrian border incidents
Akashat
al-Shabah
Western Nineveh
Western Iraq
Spillover in Iran
2017 Tehran attacks
2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike
2024 Iranian airstrikes in Syria
Spillover in Turkey
Russian Su-24 shootdown
Andrei Karlov
Balyun airstrikes
Kafr Takharim airstrikes
Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy war
Spillover in Europe
v
t
e
Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic
Russian involvement
2015 intervention
Iranian intervention
2017 missile strike
2012 Hezbollah involvement
Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels
Foreign rebel fighters
Turkish involvement
Turkey–Islamic State conflict
Tomb of Suleyman Shah relocation
Euphrates Shield
2017 airstrikes
Idlib Governorate operation
Afrin operation
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
Israel's role
U.S.-led intervention against ISIL
US intervention
Timeline
List of attacks
2014 rescue operation
May 2015 raid
2017 missile strikes
Qatari involvement
Jordanian intervention
Operation Martyr Muath
Lebanon's role
Saudi involvement
April 2018 missile strikes
Dutch involvement
German intervention
French intervention
Australian intervention
UK intervention
The following are representations of the
Syrian Civil War
in popular culture
.
Contents
Films
Documentaries
Video games
References
Films
Main article:
List of Syrian civil war films
Ladder to Damascus
(2013)
Sniper: Legacy
(2014)
Phantom
(2015)
The Father
(2016)
Insyriated
(2017)
Damascus Time
(2018)
A Private War
(2018)
Sky
(2021)
Palmira
(2022)
[
1
]
The Swimmers
(2022)
Documentaries
Saving Syria's Children
(2013)
[
2
]
The Return to Homs
(2013)
[
3
]
Red Lines
(2014)
[
4
]
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait
(2014)
[
5
]
Ghosts of Aleppo
(2014), VICE News documentary
[
6
]
I Want to Live
(2015)
[
7
]
50 Feet from Syria
(2015)
[
8
]
7 Days in Syria
(2015)
[
9
]
Our War
(2016)
[
10
]
Peshmerga
(2016)
[
11
]
Salam Neighbor
(2016)
[
12
]
The War Show
(2016)
[
13
]
The White Helmets
(2016)
[
14
]
Last Men in Aleppo
(2017)
[
15
]
A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad
(2018)
[
16
]
The Cave
(2019)
[
17
]
For Sama
(2019)
[
18
]
Video games
Endgame: Syria
(2012)
1000 Days of Syria
(2014)
Syrian Warfare
(2017)
[
19
]
Holy Defence
(2018)
[
20
]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
(2019)
References
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Режиссер "Викинга" снимет драму с Робаком про сирийский конфликт
↑
"BBC One - Panorama, Saving Syria's Children"
.
BBC
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Felperin, Leslie (26 June 2014).
"Return to Homs review – exhilarating and devastating documentary shot in Syria"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
"Red Lines: Inside the Battle for Freedom in Syria"
.
www.washingtoninstitute.org
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Weissberg, Jay (16 May 2014).
"Cannes Film Review: 'Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait'
"
.
Variety
.
↑
"
'The hidden awful truth about war is how much fun it is': Vice"
.
Evening Standard
. 10 October 2014
. Retrieved
4 August
2020
.
↑
"5 Heart-Wrenching Documentaries about Syria (04 April 2017) Paste Magazine"
. Retrieved
11 September
2024
.
↑
"50 Feet From Syria"
.
Mountainfilm
. 28 April 2016
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
"7 Days in Syria (2015) | The List"
.
film.list.co.uk
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Niola, Gabriele.
"Venice buzz titles: the Syrian war documentaries"
.
Screen
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Bradshaw, Peter (20 May 2016).
"Peshmerga review – an intellectually gripping tribute to Kurdish fighters battling Isis"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
"Salam Neighbor | Human Rights Watch Film Festival"
.
ff.hrw.org
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Weissberg, Jay (31 August 2016).
"Film Review: 'The War Show'
"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Raeside, Julia (23 September 2016).
"The White Helmets: Syria's extraordinary band of volunteer lifesavers"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
"last-men-in-aleppo"
.
www.sundance.org
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Dowling, Tim (23 Oct 2018).
"A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad review – the making of a murderous tyrant"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Kenigsberg, Ben (17 October 2019).
"
'The Cave' Review: Do No Harm, for as Long as Possible"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
Kermode, Mark (15 September 2019).
"For Sama review – affecting chronicle of life in war-torn Aleppo"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
22 March
2020
.
↑
"Syrian Warfare - PC"
.
Game Pressure
. Retrieved
21 December
2021
.
↑
"New Video Game Lets You Kill ISIS While Fighting as Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon"
.
Newsweek
. 23 February 2018.
Archived
from the original on 27 February 2018
. Retrieved
27 February
2018
.
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