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SYRIAN CIVIL WAR TIMELINE
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Syrian Civil War Timeline
2014 - Infighting Spreads
2011 - The War Began
2016 - The Ceasefire
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- The citizens were complaining that President Bashar al-Assad had been in power for too long
- President Bashar al-Assad started using his forces against the citizens
- President Barack Obama calls Assad to resign
- On November 29, 2012 the Syrian internet and phone service was shut off
- The government didn't take responsibility for this and insisted it was because of blackout on fiber optic lines near Damascus
- Not a lot happened this year, but the war still went on
- The Syrian War against the rebels and the government had a week-long break from the war
- The people of Syria hoped that this would put a stop to the war
- This ceasefire did not mean that ISIS and the other terrorist groups also took a break; they kept on bombing villages and killing people
- Peace talks end without a breakthrough
- Syrians in government areas vote in presidential elections; Assad, one of three candidates, wins almost 89% of votes (which would make him in the running for almost 17 years now).
- ISIS captures most of northern and western Iraq, and also takes control of Syria's largest oil field
- ISIS beheads 5 Westerners, including James Foley, an American journalist
- U.S. and other coalition forces begin air strikes against ISIS targets
2014
2013
2012
2015-2016
2011
2015 - Russian Intervention
2013 - Rise of Islamists
2012 - ISIS Moves In
- Fighting spreads to Aleppo, Syria's largest city
- A year after the civil war started, a ruthless terrorist group called Daesh/ISIS moved in to Syria
- ISIS was bombing the government and the civilians
- A chemical weapons attack in Damascus kills hundreds
- UN weapons inspectors confirm use of chemical weapons
- Under international pressure, Syria destroys its chemical weapons production equipment
- The number of Syrian refugees registered with the UN tops two million
- UN estimates the Syrian conflict has killed at least 220,000 people
- ISIS captures and kills a Jordanian fighter pilot
- Russia begins launching air strikes in Syria in support of Assad’s forces
- 17 nations meet in Vienna adopt a timeline for a transition plan in Syria, which is adopted by the UN Security Council as Resolution 2254
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