Timeline of the Syrian civil war (January–April 2016)

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Main article: Timeline of the Syrian civil war

The following is a timeline of the

Casualties of the Syrian Civil War
.

January 2016

4 January

After days of clashes with the Free Syrian Army and Islamic Front Forces the Syrian Army seize 55-60% of Sheikh Miskeen at the Daraa Governorate.[1]

Free Syrian Army groups supported the Saudi decision to sever diplomatic ties with Iran.[2]

6 January

Abu Rateb al-Homsy, leader of Ahrar al-Sham rebel group in Homs is assassinated by unknown gunmen in the village of Farhaniyeh.[3]

7 January

Pro Government

Ain Issa, Sarrin, and Tishrin Dam which was seized from IS in December 2015.[5]

11 January

A United Nations-led aid convoy enters the besieged town of Madaya to deliver food and medical aid to 40,000 people. Aid also reaches the villages of Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya, under siege by rebel forces in the Idlib Governorate.[6]

12 January

Syrian Armed forces take control of the rebel Bastion of Salma in the Latakia Governorate [7]
According to

Putin, Assad may have an asylum from Russia.[8][9]

17 January

Syrian Rebels declare full control of

al-Yaaroubiyah villages in Northeastern Aleppo, which they took from ISIS[10][11]

See also:
Deir ez Zor massacre

The

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant abducts over 400 civilians from Al-Baghaliyeh suburb in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, after clashes with Syrian Army forces and their allies that left over 150 combatants killed.[12]

24 January

A ballistic missile struck an Al-Nusra Front run police station in Idlib killing 11 Islamist Fighters and 5 civilians.[13]

25 January

Syrian Army units and its allies capture the southern rebel bastion of

Shaykh Maskin cutting off rebels supplies towards Daara.[14]

31 January

71 people were killed in suicide bomb blast in Damascus that was established by terrorist organization

ISIS.[15]

February 2016

1 February

The Syrian Army announces the beginning of the 3rd Phase of the Lattakia Offensive with the aim of sealing the Northeastern Corner of the Latakia Governorate and create a frontline at the rebel city of

Jisr Al-Shughour.[16]

3 February

The Syrian Army has broken the

Nubl at village of Mu’arrassat al-Khan after a 3-days battle.[17]

4 February

A top Saudi defence chief said

UAE.[19]

7 February

The Syrian Foreign Minister warned against a foreign ground intervention; saying that any foreign army troops entering Syria without government consent would "return home in wooden coffins", Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said, in reference to Saudi Arabia no made in the past two days.[20]

Bassam al-Kuwaiti, a political Syrian Opposition figure told Voice of America that Moderate Opposition face a wipe out in Northern Aleppo as the Russian backed Syrian offensive continues. Free Syrian Army forces are already relying on Ahrar al-Sham and Al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra, being merge and disband their last option.[21]

8 February

Former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke, warns about an imminent Syrian Army encircling of Aleppo Jihadists Groups, inside a cauldron at Northern Aleppo.[22]

12 February

Three

U.S. backed Shite militias are now working with Pro-Syrian Army forces fighting other U.S Backed rebels in Southern Aleppo, according to two United States defense officials.[23]

13 February

Turkey shells YPG positions in northern Aleppo.[24]

15 February

A Russian air strike has destroyed a compound in northern Syria with least seven people dead and more than ten people missing presumed to be dead.[25][26]

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu accuses Russia of acting as a "terrorist organization" in Syria, saying "If Russia continues behaving like a terrorist organization and forcing civilians to flee, we will deliver an extremely decisive response".[27]

17 February

Al-Arabiyah reports of Turkish officials discomfort with the United States regarding its stance with the Kurds.[28]

18 February

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced that a US-led ground operation in Syria would focus on fighting ISIS, not the Syrian regime.[29]

21 February

At least 46 people were killed and several injured in a double car bombs explosion in the city of Homs.[30] At least 30 people were killed in several bomb blasts near Damascus.

ISIS
.

The Syrian Arab Army and pro-government forces have encircled and overrun the Al-Safira plains between Aleppo and

Kuweires Military Airbase.[32] 20 villages were seized over the previous 24 hours and 40 kilometers of highway were cleared.[33][34] In addition, 50 ISIS fighters were killed in the past 24 hours.[35]

22 February

United States and Russia agree an all party ceasefire that will exclude the

Nusra Front begin on 27 February.[36]

Jund al-Aqsa and the Free Syrian Army captured the village of Rasm al-Nafal, to the southwest of Lake Jabbul, severing the Ithriyah-Khanasser Highway again for the second time in 5 months. In a coordinated action, ISIL had also captured multiple villages along the southern shore of Lake Jabbul and to the south of Rasm al-Nafal, sealing off more of the Aleppo road and Sheikh Hilal-Ithriyah Road. Counter-attacks by Syrian Arab Army have failed to immediately dislodge militants from the majority of the captured positions.[37][38]

25 February

In the aftermath of the combined rebel and ISIL breakthrough south of Lake Jabbul, the Syrian Army launched a large-scale counter-attack, dislodging ISIL from the town of Khanasir which they had captured 2 days before.[39]

27 February

See also:
Syria Ceasefire

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that demanded all parties to comply with the terms[40] of a U.S.-Russian deal on a "cessation of hostilities".[41]

28 February

Saudi Arabia accuses Russia and Syria of ceasefire violations[42]

29 February

Russian and U.S brokered ceasefire takes places despite accusations by parties involved.[43] France wants answers on ceasefire violations.[44]

The Syrian Arab Army has re-opened a supply route to Aleppo city,[45] completing a 2016 Khanasir offensive against ISIL.

March 2016

2 March

A car bomb killed at least 18 members of the

ISIS sleeper cells.[46]

4 March

Two Syrian air strikes hit the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta, leaving one person killed; it is unknown if the dead was a civilian or a rebel fighter. Over 118 people have been killed during the 5 day long ceasefire areas including 24 civilians. Meanwhile, in non truce areas the dead ascended to 552, mostly in clashes against the Islamic State.[47]

12 March

Syrian rebels reported that they have shot down a warplane near Hama.[48] The Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized the bases and weapons of a Western-backed rebel group in overnight fighting in northwestern Syria.[49] Syria’s foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem said that peace talks will fail if any party tries to discuss the presidency in a transition government, calling the incumbent president, Bashar al-Assad, a “red line”.[50]

15 March

Russia started a partial withdrawal of troops from Syria, however air strikes will continue. [51]

24 March

Syrian government forces retake Palmyra, with the assistance of Russian airstrikes, after losing it to ISIL in May 2015.[52][53][54]

April 2016

2 April

al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front and other Syrian rebels attack Syrian government forces, and take a strategic hill from them.[55]

4 April

Syrian government forces seize the town of al-Qaryatain from the Islamic State.[56][57][58][59]

Turkish authorities imprisons the Turkmen fighter who was filmed killing the pilot in the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown .[60]

5 April

The Syrian affiliate of al-Qaeda, the al-Nusra Front, shoot down and capture a pilot of the Syrian Arab Air Force near Aleppo.[61]

6 April

“Abu Saqqqar” a Syrian rebel that appeared on 2013 in a video trying to eat the heart of a dead Syrian soldier, is killed in the countryside of Idlib.[62]

15 April

See also: 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign

At least 210 combatants are killed in Syria Aleppo during a week of fighting; 82 government troops, 94 rebels and 34 Islamic State jihadists according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights[63]

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