1 February – According to American officials, American plans have been approved for multi-day strikes in Iraq and Syria against multiple targets, including Iranian personnel and facilities.[5]
The US launches retaliatory airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, in response to an attack that killed three US troops in Jordan.[6]
1 March – An Israeli airstrike in Baniyas kills three people, including an IRGC field commander.[9]
16 March – At least 16 truffle hunters including nine women are killed in a landmine explosion in northern Raqqa. The mine is suspected to have been planted by Islamic State.[10]
17 March – Israel launches airstrikes in southern Syria. The Syrian state media agency SANA reports that the strikes result in a soldier being wounded and few "material losses".[11]
18 June – An Israeli airstrike kills a Syrian army officer in southern Syria.[22]
20 June – A court in Sweden acquits former Syrian army general Mohammed Hamo on charges of aiding and abetting crimes against international law during the Syrian Civil War.[23]
3 July – Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria.[25]
4 July – The Islamic State kills eight people, including two civilians, in an ambush on pro-government militiamen in the Badiya desert.[26]
5 July – Luna al-Shibl, a special adviser to President Assad and concurrent director of his political and media offices, dies from injuries sustained in a car accident on 2 July.[27]
9 July – Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing two Israelis.[28]
14 July – A Syrian soldier is killed and three others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Kafr Sousa district of Damascus and other areas in southern Syria.[29]
Muhammad Baraa Katerji, a businessman who is also an associate of President Bashar al-Assad, is killed along with his assistant in an Israeli drone strike near Al-Sabboura.[31][32]
16 July – Former governor of Deir ez-Zor Governorate and director of the Adra Prison Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles, California amid accusations of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor.[33]
26 July – Italy appoints an ambassador to Syria after 12 years, becoming the first G7 country to do so since the Syrian Civil War.[34]
24 August – Turkey and Russia resume joint patrols over a parts of northern Syria covered by Operation Peace Spring for the first time since October 2023.[38]
September
9 September – At least 25 people are killed and more than 40 others are wounded in overnight Israeli strikes on Iranian research centers in Masyaf[39] and in Tartus and Hama governorates.[40]
14 September – President Assad nominates former Communications Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali as prime minister.[41]
Three children are killed and a fourth child from the same family is injured, when a land mine in a plastic bag explodes near a park in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate.[43]
Kata'ib Hezbollah announce that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji, a senior commander in the group, was killed in Damascus, and blame Israel for the attack.[44]
24 September – Thirty-seven militants belonging to Islamic State and Hurras al-Din are killed in two separate US airstrikes in the northwest of the country.[45]
26 September – Over 22,000 residents in Lebanon are reported to have crossed into Syria to escape ongoing Israeli airstrikes and potential escalation of conflict.[46]
27 September – Israel launches an airstrike against a Syrian Army post near Kfeir Yabous, killing five soldiers and wounding one.[47]
30 September – Twelve pro-Iranian fighters are killed in airstrikes of unknown origin in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[48]
October
1 October – The Syrian military intercepts several drones and missiles in Damascus. Some explode in the Mezzeh neighbourhood, killing three people and wounding nine more.[49]
28 October – At least 35 militants are killed in US airstrikes on Islamic State camps across Syria.[52]
November
11 November – The US military launches strikes on nine sites across two locations in Syria, aiming at Iranian-backed militias involved in recent attacks on US personnel.[53]
The United States charges former governor of Deir ez-Zor Governorate Samir Ousman Alsheikh with human rights abuses over his running of Adra Prison in Damascus from 2005 to 2008.[71]
14 December – Turkey reopens its embassy in Damascus for the first time since 2011.[72]
The United States lifts a $10-million reward it placed for the arrest of HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa following meetings between HTS officials and US diplomats in Damascus.[74]
The IDF opens fire on demonstrators protesting against the Israeli invasion in Ma'ariya, Daraa Governorate, injuring one person.[75]
21 December – Qatar reopens its embassy in Damascus for the first time since 2011.[76]
The caretaker government says that 14 troops from the interior ministry were killed and 10 others were injured in clashes with Assad loyalists in Tartus.[79]
25 December – Authorities impose a curfew from 6 pm to 8 am in Homs following a series of protests by Alawite and Shi'ite Muslim minority groups.[80]
26 December – Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, the former head of the Syrian Arab Army's field court and chief of military justice, is arrested in Tartus for sentencing "thousands of people" to death during the civil war.[81]
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