Syria bombing

Syrian pilot confessions reveal centralized bombing orders during war

One pilot, who had held senior leadership positions, noted that certain officers were granted special trust by the leadership and were assigned intensive bombing missions.

APRIL 30, 2026|ByRIZIK ALABI/THE MEDIA LINE

ABANDONED MILITARY jets are seen at the Aleppo airport on December 14, 2024 in Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo was the first major city to fall in last week's lightning offensive by rebel forces as they toppled Syria's Assad regime.

A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018

Turkey’s airstrikes go beyond ‘anti-terror’ campaign - analysis

Ankara increasingly focuses also on strikes near Sulimaniyeh, a city that is aligned with the Kurdish political party PUK

OCTOBER 5, 2023|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A Firefighter douses flames after Syrian state media reported an alleged Israeli missile attack in a container storage area, at Syrian port of Latakia, Syria

Syrian FM: Israel 'playing with fire' after overnight airstrikes

The airstrikes resulted in material damage only, according to state news agency SANA, which said Syria's air defenses shot down a number of Israeli missiles around the capital.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022|ByREUTERS

Smoke rises after airstrikes on a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria, June 15, 2017 (illustrative).

Alleged Israeli strike targets sites near border in Syria

Independent reports indicated that the targets of the strikes were near Madinat al-Baath and Rwihinah, both located near the border with Israel.

FEBRUARY 23, 2022|ByTZVI JOFFRE

UN condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria, but does not blame Assad regime

Fourteen members, including Syrian ally Russia, voted in favor of the US-drafted resolution. Venezuela abstained because it said the resolution "opens a dangerous path to the use of force."

MARCH 7, 2015ByREUTERS

Syria's al-Qaida wing: We shot down Syrian army plane carrying food, ammo

Syrian media says the plane was downed due to bad weather conditions; All those aboard the plane were killed in the crash.

JANUARY 18, 2015ByREUTERS

Syrian media coverage of a crashed military plane in flames

Al-Qaida in Syria kills woman accused of adultery, monitoring group says

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said incident showed such execution-style killings were not confined to the militant Islamic State group.

JANUARY 14, 2015ByREUTERS

A member of al-Qaida's Nusra Front sits in a tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo

Zero killed in Syria combat for first time in 3 years

Defying war's daily death count, blizzards and plummeting temperatures still wrack fighters and refugees alike.

JANUARY 8, 2015ByREUTERS

Assad orders Christmas Day strike on Islamic State territory

Syrian Army helicopters used barrel bombs to strike the areas of al-Bab and Qabaseen on Christmas Day and overnight.

DECEMBER 26, 2014ByMICHAEL WILNER

A boy carries a mortar shell left behind by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Azaalana checkpoint

Head of Syrian army after alleged airstrikes: Israel working with ISIS and al-Qaida

Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.

DECEMBER 7, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

Photograph reportedly showing Syrian air defenses reacting to IDF strikes near Damascus.

"Battle" For Market Share

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014ByABE NOVICK

Source: US told Iran it would strike in Syria, vowed not to hit Assad's forces

The communication, confirmed in part by a senior US State Department official, may signal the estranged foes are inching toward a level of contacts rarely seen.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014ByREUTERS