The U.S. government announced the U.S.-led coalition's "operations to liberate the final ISIS strongholds in Syria"; the announcement said the U.S. would ensure that "populations liberated from ISIS are not exploited by the Assad regime or its Iranian supporters".[1][2]
After an evacuation deal with the rebels reached earlier in the month[7] the
Syrian Arab Army (SAA) announced that 1,200 square kilometers of rebel territory in the north
Homs-south
Hama region was under control, according to Khaled Iskef on Twitter.[8]
After the departure of 1,600
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters and their families from
al-Hajar al-Aswad and the
Yarmouk Camp, government forces regained full territorial control over
Damascus' suburbs and countryside for the first time in nearly seven years. The deal entailed that the evacuation towards the Eastern
Syrian Desert by ISIL forces would be allowed.[9][10][11]
June 2018
12 June
The SOHR reported that at least 13 civilians were killed by the U.S.-led coalition strikes in Tal al-Shayer.[12]
22 June
The Syrian government launches
an offensive in the eastern part of the southern province of Daraa.[13]
24 June
The US government warned rebel forces in Daraa that they could not expect military support.[14]
About 30 civilians were killed in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor in an air strike conducted by the U.S.-led coalition, according to the Syrian government.[17] The incident was tentatively admitted to by the U.S. military.[18]
July 24
The Israel Defense Forces intercepted a Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet that they said had crossed about one mile into Israeli airspace. The IDF shot the aircraft down using two Patriot missiles.[19]
July 31
The
Royal Jordanian Army attacked Islamic State militants near the Jordanian border at the Yarmouk Valley.[20]
August 2018
August 1
With the collapse of rebel factions in south Syria, and expectations of a future offensive in
Idlib, multiple north Syria FSA factions announce a new coalition, the National Liberation Front.[21]
August 2
Russia criticized United States for not helping to fight against terrorist group
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria, Russian General Staff Main Operations Directorate Colonel General Sergei Rudskoi said in statements, "The Russian Federation regularly reported information about the escalation and dire humanitarian situation in southwestern Syria to the guarantor countries of the southern de-escalation zone the United States and Jordan. However, no measures were taken to stabilize the situation by foreign partners".[22]
August 4
Aziz Asber (Syrian Scientific Research Centre facility director in charge of the chemical weapons program) and his driver were killed in a blasts for a
Sticky bomb, in the city of
Masyaf. The Abu Amara Battalion claimed the attack, but authorities blamed Israel or other governments for this attack.[23][24]
^"Jordan army says several ISIL fighters killed in border clashes".
Al Jazeera English. August 2, 2018. Military units used "all types of weapons" to shell a group of fighters who had come close to its side of the Yarmouk Valley in clashes that lasted nearly 20 hours from Tuesday to Wednesday afternoon, an army source told state news agency Petra.