Timeline_of_the_Syrian_civil_war_(2024)
Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2024)
Timeline of the War in Syria for 2024
The following is a timeline of the Syrian civil war for 2024. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found in Casualties of the Syrian civil war.
On 1 January, nine Pro-Assad fighters were killed in an Islamic State ambush in the al-Tebni desert in the Deir ez-Zor countryside.[1]
On 2 January, four members of the IRGC were killed after ISIS fighters attacked their positions in Al-Duwer town in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside.[2]
On 3 January, three NDF militiamen were killed in by a landmine planted by ISIS insurgents in the Al-Tabani desert in Deir Ezzor countryside.[3]
On 9 January, at least 14 SAA soldiers were killed and 19 others were injured after ISIS militants ambushed a Syrian Army transport bus in the 'Third Station' area of the Palmyra desert.[4][5]
On 18 January, three ISIS militants and a fighter of Liwa Fatemiyoun were killed in clashes south of the Arak oil field in the Homs countryside.[6]
On the same day, at least 10 people were killed in a Jordanian airstrike in Urman in southern Syria.[7]
On 19 January, four NDF militiamen were killed during an ISIS attack on a Syrian military post in the eastern Raqqa desert.[8]
On 20 January, Israeli airstrikes in Damascus killed at least ten people, including the head of intelligence of the IRGC in Syria, his deputy, and two other IRGC officers.[9]
On 22 January, five Syrian soldiers were killed in an IED explosion targeting their vehicle on a road near Al-Harra, Daraa.[10]
On 24 January, a clash erupted between ISIS and NDF after their outpost was attacked by ISIS militants. As a result, an ISIS militant was killed.[11]
On 25 January, a Syrian soldier was killed and two others wounded after striking a mine placed by ISIS. [12]
On 26 January, ISIS attacked positions of Iran-backed Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militia in Al-Shola Desert southern of Deir Ezzor, killing three members and injuring two others. [13]
Between 27–28 January, 8 fighters affiliated with ISIS, including an Emir and 3 local gunmen were killed in armed clashes in Nawa, in the Daraa countryside.[14]
On 29 January, ISIS gunmen ambushed a SDF patrol group, killing one SDF member and injuring several others.[15]
On the same day, 8 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Sayyidah Zaynab, in the Rif Dimashq countryside.[16]
On 31 January, ISIS executed two regime soldiers.[17]
On the same day, SDF arrested two ISIS members from a refugee camp, with weapons and grenades also discovered in the camp.[18]
The SOHR reported that at least 359 people were killed in Syria during January 2024.[19]
On 1 February, ISIS attacked positions in Al-Rasafah fortress in southern Al-Raqqaof, killing 2 and injuring 6 regime soldiers. Russian warplanes bombarded ISIS positions as retaliation. [20]
On 2 February, U.S forces bombed Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, killing at least 48 people.
On the same day, five people were killed after ISIS militants attacked a Syrian military position near the 'third station' area of the Homs countryside. This was in conjunction with Russian airstrikes on ISIS positions in the Palmyra desert.[21]
Furthermore, four Asayish members were killed in a Turkish airstrike on a security checkpoint in Qamishli, north-eastern Syria.[22]
On 3 February, two SDF members were shot dead by ISIS gunmen in Abu Hardub, in the Deir Ezzor countryside. [23]
On the same day an ISIS member was arrested in Al-Hawl camp by Internal Security Forces. [24]
On 4 February, An Iraqi Emir of ISIS and another member were killed in armed clashes with the Rapid Intervention Forces. According to security sources, the Emir was responsible for carrying out 80 assassinations inside Al-Hawl Camp and outside of it, where a large amount of weapons were also confiscated. [25]
On the same day, a clash erupted between ISIS and Syrian Army forces, in Al-Sukhnah desert in eastern Homs countryside, killing two soldiers of the Syrian Army's 25th division and injuring two others. [26]
On 5 February, three ISIS members and a member of Fatmiyoun Brigade of non-Syrian nationality were killed in a clash that erupted between them in north-east of Palmyra city in Homs countryside.[27]
On the same day, an ISIS attack in western Deir Ezzor left a civilian dead and injured a commander in the Internal Security Forces Asayish and his driver.[28]
Furthermore, seven SDF fighters were killed in an attack on the Al-Omar oil field by forces of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.[29]
On 7 February, ISIS members targeted “Al-Maqbarah” checkpoint of the Internal Security Forces “Asayish” with machineguns,east of Al-Raqqah city, resulted in the killing of a member.[30]
On the same day, ten people, including six civilians, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on several areas in the Homs.[31]
On 8 February, an ISIS attack on outpost of “Asayish” in Ghranyej town in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside left a commander of Internal Security Forces Asayish dead and another member injured. [32]
On the same day, SDF arrests a man suspected to belonging to ISIS in Deir ezzor province.[33]
On 10 February, five ISIS members were killed in a clash with Pro-regime forces, the clash erupted following an infiltration attempt by ISIS members into a military post on the vicinity of Arak field in northeastern Palmyra city.[34]
On the same day, five SDF members were killed and another reported missing in an attack on their military checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Al-Sha’afa Town in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside.[35]
On 11 February, ISIS attack on SDF members, left one SDF member dead and another injured in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. [36]
On the same day, one regime soldier was killed after ISIS attacked a outpost of regime forces in the eastern desert of Homs.[37]
Furthermore, A raid conducted by SDF in eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor resulted in the arrest of eight ISIS members and seizing of weapons and other military equipments.[38]
On 12 February, a car carrying pro-regime soldiers hit a mine planted by ISIS in the Hama countryside, resulting in the deaths of four and injuring two others.[39]
On 13 February, nine SAA soldiers were killed in an ISIS attack on a Syrian military position in the Duwaizin area in eastern Hama countryside.[40]
On the same day, five NDF fighters were killed in clashes with SDF forces in several villages in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.[41]
On 15 February, ISIS attacked a group of truffle pickers in Al-Masrab desert in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, resulting in the death of two civilians.[42]
On 16 February, two members of the Russian-backed "Liwaa Al-Quds" were killed in a surprise attack by ISIS in Homs desert.[43]
On 17 February, a regime soldier was killed after hitting a mine planted by ISIS.[44]
On 19 February, an officer in the regime forces and a member of NDF Militia were killed in two separate attacks by “ISIS” members on the frontlines of Al-Sukhnah and Palmyra in the eastern countryside of Homs.[45]
On the same day, two regime soldiers were killed and five injured after their vehicle hit a mine planted by ISIS.[46]
On 23 February, two regime soldiers were killed and three injured after ISIS attacked their military vehicle on the road between Al-Rasafa and Athriya in the Syrian Desert.[47]
On 24 February, five NDF militiamen were killed after ISIS militants launched an attack in the vicinity of Tel Salma area in Al-Salmiya countryside eastern of Hama.[48]
On the same day, three NDF militiamen were killed by a landmine explosion, likely planted by ISIS insurgents, in the Deir ez-Zor desert.[49]
On the same day, two ISIS members were killed and two regime soldiers killed and another one injured after ISIS attacked targeting military checkpoints near Al-Sokhna City in Homs countryside. In a separate incident an NDF militiamen was killed and another one injured after armed clashes erupted between the National Defence and ISIS cells near checkpoints on the road between Ja’aidin and Al-Rasafa in western Al-Raqqa countryside.[50]
Furthermore, a member of NDF was killed by ISIS in Deir Ezzor countryside.[51]
On 25 February, four guards working for the SDF were killed in an ISIS attack in Al-Raqqa province.[52]
On the same day, 14 truffle farmers were killed and eight others were injured after their vehicle drove over an ISIS landmine south of Resafa, south of Raqqa.[53]
On 27 February, three ISIS members were killed after their car hit a mine during an infiltration operation in west of Deir Ezzor.[54]
The SOHR reported that at least 405 people were killed in Syria in February 2024.[55]
On 1 March, a member of NDF was killed in an ISIS attack in Jazarat Al-Bohimeed Village in western Deir Ezzor countryside. [56]
On 2 March, three members of NDF were killed after hitting a mine planted by ISIS in Al-Tabany Desert in western Deir Ezzor countryside.[57]
On the same day, one ISIS member was killed and another member arrested by SDF after ISIS attacked a police station in Al-Jazrah town in western Deir Ezzor countryside.[58]
On 3 March, eight NDF militiamen were found shot dead after being executed by ISIS militants in the Jebel Bishri area. The group had been missing since 21 February.[59]
On the same day, an officer of the regime forces was killed in an ISIS attack in eastern Al-Raqqa.[60]
On 6 March, 18 people, including four NDF militiamen, were killed in a large-scale ISIS attack on truffle pickers in the Kabajeb desert south of Deir ez-Zor. A further 50 people were reported missing in the same attack.[61]
On 7 March, seven NDF militiamen were killed in an ambush by ISIS militants in the Tel Salmah area of the eastern Hama countryside.[62]
On 9 March, six truffle pickers were killed after their car drove over an ISIS landmine in the Al-Bushri desert in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor.[63]
On the same day,a member of the Internal Security Forces “Al-Asayesh” was killed after their vehicle was targeted in a IED explosion by ISIS in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside.[64]
On 10 March, ISIS gunmen killed two truffle pickers near Tuwaitan Village in Al-Omour Mountain western of Palmyra.[65]
On 12 March, three NDF militiamen were killed and another three were injured in an ISIS attack on a military post in the Al-Tabani desert in western Deir Ezzor countryside.[66]
On 13 March, four NDF militiamen were killed in an ISIS attack ona military position in eastern Homs countryside.[67]
On the same day, three truffle pickers including two NDF members were killed and three missing in an ISIS attack in southern Deir Ezzor countryside.[68]
Furthermore, two members of Liwaa Al-Quds were killed and three injured in an ISIS attack on the road between Palmyra and Deir Ezzor.[69]
On 14 March, a member of SDF was shot dead by ISIS cells in western Deir Ezzor countryside.[70]
On 15 March, the SOHR reported that 618,000+ people had been killed in the war in Syria since 15 March 2011.[71]
On 16 March, 19 truffle farmers were blown up and killed by a ISIS landmine in the Al-Sabkhah area in the eastern countryside of Al-Raqqah.[72][73]
On the same day, a member of SDF was shot dead by ISIS cells in northern Deir Ezzor countryside.[74]
On 17 March, two ISIS members were killed in a clash with NDF in eastern Homs countryside.[75]
On 19 March, three SAA soldiers were killed in the Sad Al-Wady Al-Abyad area in Palmyra Desert in eastern Homs countryside.[76]
On 20 March, the SOHR had documented that since the beginning of Ramadan on March 11, ISIS had carried out 14 operations in the Syrian desert, killing 28 SAA/Pro-Assad militiamen.[77]
On 22 March, two regime soldiers were killed in an ISIS attack in Deir ezzor desert.[78]
On 24 March, 11 people were killed in an ambush by ISIS militants in the Al-Hamma area in Al-Raqqa Desert.[79]
On the same day, an Iraqi ISIS official was killed in an operation by the SDF in Al-Raqqa city.[80]
On 25 March, two members of a local militia supported by Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed in an ISIS ambush in eastern Homs countryside.[81]
On the same day, two members of ISIS who were involved in an attack at a security checkpoint were arrested by SDF.[82]
On 26 March, in the early hours of the morning, at least 15 people, including 14 IRGC members, were killed in suspected Israeli airstrikes on a Pro-Iranian military HQ in Deir-ez-Zor city and positions in the nearby countryside.[83]
On 27 March, four NDF militiamen were killed in an attack by ISIS insurgents on NDF military posts in the Al-Hamma desert in the northern countryside of Al-Raqqa.[84]
On the same day, three NDF militiamen were killed and two others were wounded after ISIS fighters ambushed their military vehicle near Jahar junction on Homs-Palmyra highway.[85]
On 28 March, two members of ISIS were killed and two arrested by the Internal security force "Al-Asayesh" in southern Al-Hasakah countryside.[86]
On 29 March, at least 52 people were killed, including 38 Syrian Arab Army soldiers, seven Hezbollah fighters and seven Pro-Assad militiamen in an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah weapons depot in the Jabrin area of Aleppo.[87]
On 30 March, six soldiers of the Syrian Army's 4th Division were executed in the Homs desert by ISIS after being captured on the road between Palmyra and Al-Sukhna in Homs countryside on March 27.[88]
On 31 March, at least 8 people were killed and 20 others were injured after a bomb was detonated in a market in Azaz, northern Syria.[89]
On the same day, ISIS executed 8 soldiers of the Syrian Army's 11th Armoured Division after contact with them was lost on March 26, in Kabajib area, while they were heading from Al-Sukhnah to Deir Ezzor.[90]
The SOHR reported that at least 514 people were killed in Syria during March 2024.[91]
On 1 April, the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria was struck by an airstrike missile, killing as many as eight, including IRGC Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Syrian and Iranian officials identify Israel as the attackers.[92][93]
On the same day, HTS executed six people for 'opposing al-Julani' and for 'belonging to ISIS' in different areas under HTS control in northwestern Syria.[94]
Furthermore, five soldiers of the SAA's 18th Division were killed in an ISIS infiltration operation on a Syrian military post in the Al-Sukhna Desert in eastern Homs countryside.[95]
Three NDF militamen were also killed after they drove over landmine planted by ISIS cells in the Al-Tabany Desert in the western Deir Ezzor countryside.[96]
On 4 April, three soldiers of the SAA's 17th Division were executed by ISIS cells after they were captured in an infiltration operation on an SAA position in the Al-Shemaytiyah desert in Deir Ezzor countryside.[97]
On 5 April, two NDF militiamen were killed and three others were wounded after ISIS launched an infiltration operation on SAA checkpoints in the Al-Awsaj area in western Deir Ezzor desert.[98]
On 6 April, ISIS militants occupied territory near Al-Qasby and Al-Buwaitiya villages in Al-Tabany district in western Deir Ezzor countryside.[99]
On the same day, eight children were killed after a bomb exploded in Al-Sanamayn, Daraa.[100]
Between 6-7 April, at least 20 people were killed in clashes between the Syrian regime's Military Intelligence Directorate and a group of armed individuals led by a former 'State Security' employee in the city of Al-Sanamayn, Daraa.[101]
On 18 April, six SAA soldiers were killed and two others were captured by ISIS militants after they attacked an SAA headquarters in the village of Hasarat near Abu Kemal in eastern Syria.[102]
On the same day, just before midnight, at least 26 Pro-Assad fighters, including 19 Liwa al-Quds militiamen and 7 SAA soldiers, were killed after ISIS insurgents attacked a Syrian military bus near Al-Taybah village in the eastern countryside of Homs.[103]
On 22 April, three regime soldiers were killed in an ISIS attack on military posts of the regime in Palmyra desert.[104]
On 25 April, one ISIS member was killed and another arrested after clashes erupted between SDF and ISIS in Al-Jarzy Town in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside.[105]
- "Suspected Islamic State attack leaves nine dead in Syrian desert". al-monitor.com. 2 January 2023.
- "At least 35 Syrian soldiers killed, wounded in attack by ISIS in Badia". hawarnews.com. 9 January 2023.
- "Suspected Jordanian air strikes in southern Syria kill 10 - activists". BBC News. 18 January 2023.
- "Senior Iran Revolutionary Guard officials killed in Syria strike blamed on Israel". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- "ISIS militant killed by NDF". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- "Syrian soldier killed and two wounded by mine planted by ISIS". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- "ISIS ambush kill One SDF member". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- "Two soldiers executed by ISIS". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- "Two ISIS members arrested by SDF". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- "Monthly death toll | 143 civilians among 359 people killed in January 2024". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- "ISIS attack kills and injures Eight". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- "Russian airstrikes | IS*IS cells attack position in Palmyra and ki*ll five members". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- "Turkish drone attack | Five Asayish members killed and wounded in Al-Qamishli". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- "ISIS resurgence two SDF members killed". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- "ISIS member arrested in Al-Hawl camp". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- "Accused of "belonging to ISIS" SDF arrest suspect in rural Deir Ezzor". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- "Mysterious circumstances | Five members of SDF killed in Al_Sha'afa Town in Deir Ezzor". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ""ISIS" attack Regime soldier killed near Al-Sukhnah in eastern desert of Homs". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- "IS*IS resurgence | 12 members of regime forces kil*led and injured in Hama desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- "Attacking truffle pickers | Two civilians shot dead by ISIS members in western Deir Ezzor". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- "IS*IS resurgence | Regime soldier kil*led in landm*ine expl*osion in Deir Ezzor Desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- "New attack | IS*IS cells ki*ll and injure five members of the regime in Syrian Desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- "Planted by IS*IS | Three members of National Defence kil*led in landm*ine expl*osion in Deir Ezzor". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-24.<SOHR
- "Two separate incidents | IS*IS cells ki*ll four guards in Al-Raqqa countryside". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- "Monthly death toll | 142 civilians among 405 people killed in February 2024". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- "IS*IS resurgence | Officer of regime forces kil*led in an attack in Al-Raqqa countryside". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- "ISIS attack | Seven members of NDF killed in Hama desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- "Planted by "ISIS" | Explosion of landmine kills six "truffle" pickers in Deir Ezzor desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- "I*E*D expl*osion | IS*IS cells ki*ll a member of "Al-Asayesh" in Deir Ezzor countryside". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- "IS*IS resurgence | Masked gu*nmen kill two truffle pickers in Palmyra Desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- "ISIS attack | Six members of NDF killed and injured in western Deir Ezzor desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- "New attack | Four members of the National Defence kil*led by IS*IS cells in Homs". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- "ISIS resurgence | Member of SDF shot dead in village in Deir Ezzor countryside". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- "New attack | Two members of IS*IS cells kil*led in clashes with regime forces in Homs". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- "New attack | Three regime soldiers kil*led by IS*IS cells in Homs countryside". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- "ISIS resurgence | Two members of regime forces killed in Deir Ezzor desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- "Security operation | Iraqi official of IS*IS kil*led by anti-terrorism forces in Al-Raqqa". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- "Surprise attack | ISIS cells kill four NDF members in Al-Raqqah desert". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- "Explosion kills at least 8 in Aleppo". Rudaw.net. 31 March 2024.
- "Monthly death toll | 204 civilians among 514 people killed in March 2024". SOHR. 31 March 2024.
- Bowen, Jeremy; Gritten, David (April 1, 2024). "Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria". BBC News. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Following footsteps of regime forces | H-T-S executes six deta*inees in Idlib". SOHR. 1 April 2024.
- "Bomb blast kills 8 children in south Syria". Mehr News. 6 April 2024.
- "Deir Ezzor | Member of IS*IS kil*led in an attack on a fuel investor". Retrieved 2024-04-27.
{{cite news}}: Text "websiteSOHR" ignored (help)