Syrian army command tells its officers that Assad’s rule has ended
President Bashar al-Assad, who had crushed all forms of dissent, flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination.
Syria war
Syrian rebels’ advance becomes threat to Assad’s rule
As the rebels pressed their offensive, Russia and Jordan on Friday urged their nationals to leave Syria.
Russian forces kill Islamic State-linked hostage takers at detention centre
Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday (16 June), Russian media said.
Three US troops killed, many wounded in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran
Three US service members were killed and at least 34 wounded in a drone attack by Iran-backed militants on US troops in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and US officials said on Sunday (28 January).
US jet shoots down armed Turkish drone in Syria
The United States on Thursday (5 October) shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has brought down an aircraft of NATO ally Turkey.