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' Conquest of Syria '), or Arab conquest of Syria, [1] was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate. A part of the wider Arab-Byzantine Wars , the Levant was brought under Arab Muslim rule and developed into the provincial region of Bilad al-Sham .
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.
Areas of IS control and activity in Syria and Iraq by May 2015. On 11 June, IS insurgents entered the oil refinery town of Baiji, seizing and setting its main courthouse and police station on fire. The militants, who were travelling in a group of around 60 vehicles, also took control of the Baiji prison and freed all the inmates within.
"A new chapter for Syria can begin here — one free of terrorism and suffering for the Syrian people," he said. China: Foreign Ministry The Chinese foreign ministry's initial response focused on ...
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 ...
[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]
Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a ...