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There were two routes towards Syria from Iraq: one was via Daumat-ul-Jandal, and the other was through Mesopotamia, passing through Raqqa. The Muslim armies in Syria were in need of urgent reinforcement, so Khalid avoided the conventional route to Syria via Daumat ul Jandal, as it was the longer route, and would take weeks to reach Syria.
On 5 August 2011, an anti-government demonstration took place in Syria called "God is with us", during which the Syrian security forces shot the protesters from inside the ambulances, killing 11 people. [272] The Arab Spring events in Syria subsequently escalated into the Syrian civil war.
The rebels quickly took control of Aleppo, one of Syria's largest cities, Hama, and the strategic city of Homs, which sits at an important crossroads linking Damascus to the coast.
[22] [23] [21] The Syrian military conducted combing operations and airstrikes against the pocket, but with limited success. [24] [25] IS propaganda claims a peak territorial extent of 282,485 km 2. [26] The majority of the Islamic State's territory, population, revenue, and prestige came from the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria. [14]
According to the World Gold Council, which tracks central banks' gold holdings, Syria's central bank held 12% of its reserves in the precious metal in June 2011 - amounting to 25.8 metric tons of ...
The Syrian government fell early Sunday after rebels entered the capital of Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 50-year rule in the war-torn country. The rebels’ victory concluded a 10-day ...
The Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) began on 4 June 2014, when the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, assisted by various insurgent groups in the region, began a major offensive from its territory in Syria into Iraq against Iraqi and Kurdish forces, following earlier clashes that had begun in December 2013 involving guerillas.
Syria's brutal civil war rekindled suddenly after 13 years, with rebels staging a shock offensive that forced long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia.