Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
Syrian-based Palestinian nationalist organisation
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| February 2025 | PFLP-GC announced the election of Anwar Raja and Ramez Mustafa as new assistant secretary-generals, which sparked protests in Yarmouk Camp due to Raja's controversial past. |
| December 21 2024 | Lebanese Armed Forces peacefully occupied most of the PFLP-GC's bases in Lebanon, at the villages of Sultan Yacoub and Hechmech. |
| July 2021 | Talal Naji succeeded Ahmed Jibril as the secretary-general of the PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC), marking a leadership transition in the organization. |
| December 18 2012 | Palestinian National Council (PNC) denounced Ahmed Jibril and threatened to expel him over his role in the Syrian conflict. |
| December 17 2012 | Syrian rebels won control of Yarmouk. An agreement was reached for all armed groups to withdraw and for PFLP-GC to be dismantled and surrender its weapons. |
| December 5 2012 | Fighting erupted in Yarmouk between the Syrian Army and PFLP-GC on one side, and Syrian rebels (including Free Syrian Army and Liwa al-Asifa) on the other. |
| August 3 2012 | Syrian Army shelled Yarmouk, killing 21 civilians. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the shelling and criticized the PFLP-GC for involving Palestinians in the conflict. |
| June 5 2011 | Yarmouk residents were shot dead while protesting at the Israeli border. Following this, thousands of mourners burnt down the PFLP-GC headquarters in Yarmouk. PFLP-GC members fired on the crowd, killing 14 Palestinians and wounding 43. |
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