{"slug": "syrian-civil-war", "label": "Syrian Civil War", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 12, "years": 8, "span": [2011, 2024], "span_label": ["2011 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venezuela", "label": "Venezuela", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "colombia", "label": "Colombia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-arab-emirates", "label": "United Arab Emirates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "damascus", "label": "Damascus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moscow", "label": "Moscow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aleppo", "label": "Aleppo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raqqa", "label": "Raqqa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Protests breakout across Syria demanding democratic reforms, resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, and release of those imprisoned for the March 6 Daraa protest. The government responds by killing hundreds of protesters and laying siege to various cities, beginning the Syrian Civil War, which lasts until Assad’s overthrow in 2024.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#March", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – 1,429 are killed in the Ghouta chemical attack during the Syrian Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#August", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Syrian civil war: ISIS militants launched an offensive to capture the town of Kobanî, which lasted for six months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#September", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Syrian Civil War: both Deir ez-Zor in Syria and Al-Qa'im in Iraq are declared liberated from ISIL on the same day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#November", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Syrian Civil War: Raqqa is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#October", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Syrian Civil War: At least 70 people are reported to have died and hundreds suffering injuries after a chlorine chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#April", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – Syrian Civil War: While the Israeli Air Force conduct missile strikes that hit targets in western Syria, a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane is shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile, killing all 15 Russian servicemen on board. Russia blamed Israel's military for the accident because the Israeli jets that conducted the strikes allegedly used the Russian plane as cover to allow them to approach their targets without being hit by Syrian fire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#September", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Army launches a major ground offensive against one of the last rebel strongholds in the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#May", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Syrian Civil War: Two former high-ranking members of the Syrian Army go on trial in Koblenz, Germany, for alleged war crimes committed during the civil war. It is the first time that Syrian military officials are prosecuted for their roles in the conflict.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#April", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Militants in the Philippines, Syria, Yemen, and Libya agree to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres' call for a ceasefire; some accept medical aid for themselves and civilians in their communities. Colombia and Venezuela discuss a common response to the global pandemic, and the UAE airlifts aid to Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#March", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Syrian civil war: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flees from Damascus to Moscow after being overthrown, ending his presidency and the Ba'athist Syria regime after a total of 61 years. The Syrian opposition forms the Syrian transitional government as a provisional government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#December", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Syrian civil war: Opposition forces seize control of most of Aleppo, Syria, prompting the first Russian airstrikes on the city since 2016.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#November", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › November"}}]}