Timeline of the Syrian civil war (May–August 2017)

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The following is a timeline of the Syrian Civil War from May to August 2017. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found at Casualties of the Syrian Civil War.

Contents

May

2 May

5 May

The U.S.-led coalition bombs an ISIL-controlled wellhead near Mayadin, 6 May 2017

9 May

10 May

16 May

22 May

26 May

June 2017

5 June

6 June

10 June

18 June

20 June

21 June

22 June

24 June

30 June

July 2017

1 July

4 July

11 July

The Syrian Observatory of Human rights confirm the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Caliph of the Islamic State and the Levant. [29]

13 July

An improvised device blast an Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region building in Al-Baroon Street, Aleppo. The attack left the Secretary Fadil Najar killed and five other people were wounded in the blast. [30] [31]

14 July

23 July

24 July

26 July

29 July

31 July

August 2017

3 August

4 August

9 August

10 August

27 August

28 August

References

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