A December 2025 attack on U.S. troops in Palmyra, in which a Syrian security forces member opened fire during a joint patrol, killed two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter.

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Syria closed the Nassib border crossing with Jordan following the October 26, 2026 Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria, suspending traffic in both directions

The Jordanian military stated that its October 26, 2026 airstrikes in southern Syria were conducted in coordination with the Syrian government

No group has claimed responsibility for the October 23, 2026 Karak church attack, though Jordanian authorities described the three suspects arrested after the attack as having an extremist 'takfiri' ideology

The Nassib border crossing serves as Jordan's only commercial and passenger border crossing with Syria

Major General Obeidallah Al-Maaytah stated that all three suspects were injured during the October 26, 2026 shootout in Karak, with large caches of weapons and ammunition seized from the scene

Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya stated on October 26, 2026 that there was no indication of external contacts or foreign collaboration involving the three suspects arrested over the October 23, 2026 Karak church attack

Syria's civil defense service stated that five members of one family, including a woman and three children, were killed when a Jordanian airstrike hit a tent in the village of Al Tai in Daraa Province

The Syrian government denied prior coordination or notification regarding the October 26, 2026 Jordanian airstrikes and announced an investigation into the strikes

The Jordanian air force conducted airstrikes on October 26, 2026 against terrorist group hideouts in southern Syria after linking the October 23, 2026 Karak church attackers to groups operating there

Syrian officials and civil defense reported that the October 26, 2026 Jordanian airstrikes killed between five and seven people in Daraa and Suweyda provinces, including women and children

Syria's Internal Security Forces conducted the October 22, 2026, raid against the ISIL cell in Rankous jointly with Syria's General Intelligence Service near the Lebanese border.

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data reported that ISIL attacks targeting Syrian government forces increased from 16 incidents in 2025 to 52 in the first half of 2026.

Syria joined the 90-member international anti-ISIL coalition in November following an agreement reached when President Ahmad Al Shara visited the White House.

Rankous residents reported that clashes on October 22, 2026, lasted two to three hours starting around 6:00 a.m. and that Syrian security forces subsequently imposed a curfew.

On October 16, 2026, Syrian intelligence and internal security forces arrested two suspects for plotting an explosive device attack against a police patrol in the Damascus countryside.

Syrian security authorities arrested suspected ISIL military commander Khaled Raed Birouni, also known as Abu Hassan Dushka, in Hujaira on October 6, 2026.

The Syrian Interior Ministry reported that five alleged ISIL fighters were killed, six were arrested, and explosive belts were seized after suspects opened fire during the October 22, 2026, Rankous raid.

On October 22, 2026, two members of Syria's Internal Security Forces were killed and five wounded during a raid targeting a suspected ISIL cell in Rankous, in the western Damascus countryside.

Syrian security forces dismantled an ISIL-linked cell in Homs province's Houla area in October 2026, arresting two members and seizing two explosive devices.

A December 2025 bombing at the Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs' Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood killed eight people and injured 18 during Friday prayers.