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Syria

20 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Syria, 1971 CE to 2025 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

7 entries, 1971 CE to 1981 CE

  • 19711 September: 1971 Syrian Federation of Arab Republics referendumSyriasource
  • 197122 March: 1971 Syrian presidential electionSyriasource
  • 1980April 15 - Syria recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.Syriasource
  • 1980June 25 - A Muslim Brotherhood assassination attempt against President Hafez al-Assad fails. Assad retaliates by sending the army against them.Syriasource
  • 1981Ali Duba is promoted to Syrian military general.Syriasource
  • 1981March 15 - Three hijackers holding hostages aboard a Pakistani jetliner surrendered to Syrian authorities, ending a 13-day ordeal.Syriasource
  • 1981August 10 - Shadi Hamsho, professional boxerSyriasource

21st century

13 entries, 2007 CE to 2025 CE

  • 2007February 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country can play a major role in international efforts to end the civil war in Iraq.Syriasource
  • 2007September 18 - North Korea denies allegations that it is helping Syria to develop a nuclear weapons facility.Syriasource
  • 2011Syria al-Shaab satellite broadcast channel is founded.Syriasource
  • 202127 January: Over 67,600 internally displaced persons (IDPs) across 196 sites in Idlib and Aleppo have again been displaced due to heavy rains, which destroyed tents, food and belongings.Syriasource
  • 202122 April: 256,800 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Syria, under the UN backed COVAX initiative to vaccinate frontline health workers. Provided by the Serum Institute of India, the majority of the doses arrived in Damascus, while 53,000 doses were delivered to the northwest.Syriasource
  • 202222 February – Syria voices support for Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.Syriasource
  • 202222 July - Israel attacked government military positions near Damascus, killing three Syrian government soldiers and wounding seven others.Syriasource
  • 20224 September – A Syrian Air Force helicopter crashes in Hama, Syria, killing all of the people on board.Syriasource
  • 202329 March – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reshuffles the government's cabinet amid an increase in prices and shortages of food due to the severe economic situation the country, which was worsened by the recent earthquake.Syriasource
  • 20248 December – 2024 Syrian opposition offensives: The city of Homs and the capital Damascus fall to rebel forces, marking the end of the regime of president Bashar al-Assad, who flees the country and receives asylum in Russia.Syriasource
  • 20249 October – Entrepreneur Jin Davod is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, citing her work in connecting trauma survivors to therapists.Syriasource
  • 202430 December – Maysaa Sabreen is appointed by the caretaker government as governor of the Central Bank of Syria, the first woman to hold the post.Syriasource
  • 20252 September – The International Atomic Energy Agency says it found traces of uranium of anthropogenic origin at an undeclared nuclear reactor in Deir ez-Zor Governorate that was attacked by Israel in 2007 and linked to the Assad regime's clandestine nuclear program.Syriasource