Israeli airstrikes are now deliberately hitting Syrian civilians and their homes, intensifying the devastation that began with the Assad regime's brutal crackdown on the revolution in 2011.

Iranian militias are increasingly attacking U.S. forces in Syria, prompting the U.S. to reinforce its military bases with advanced weapons to target and destroy the militias' sources of fire and storage facilities.

European sanctions against Syrian local militia entities and leaders and officers from the Bashar al-Assad regime officially revealed the latter’s involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine.