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- | **1986** | + | |
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- | 10 January | + | |
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- | There are discussions between King Hussein II of Jordan and Syrian | + | |
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- | 10 April | + | |
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- | Syrian Communist Party chief, Khalid Bakdash, is dumped by his party on instructions from Moscow over his refusal to “get on board” with the broader direction of the Communist movement globally. | + | |
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- | 17 April | + | |
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- | A Jordanian citizen with connections to the Syrian government and intelligence services is arrested at Heathrow Airport, attempting to smuggle semtex on board on El Al flight. | + | |
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- | 7 May | + | |
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- | Violent protests of about eight thousand students rock the Syrian capital of Damascus, sponsored by the reorganised Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. | + | |
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- | 24 May | + | |
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- | Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel announces that Syrian troops have been involved in the launching of rockets from Lebanon into the Upper Galilee, while Likud leader David Levy points out that the costly 1982 war was meant to have prevented that from ever happening again. | + | |
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- | 16 July | + | |
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- | As part of what appears to be a growing campaign against the presidency of Hafez Assad, more Syrian anti-government protests are seen in the city of Aleppo. | + | |
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- | 10 August | + | |
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- | Responsibility for the bombing of the Syrian Defence Headquarters in Damascus is levelled at the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, | + | |
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- | 8 November | + | |
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- | Syrian President Hafez Assad declares a state of emergency to deal with a general strike, a response to government spending cutbacks. | + | |
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- | 7 December | + | |
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- | East German First Secretary Gregor Gysi announces the termination of diplomatic relations with Syria, citing evidence from a terrorist investigation by the Soviets that the Syrian embassy had smuggled in explosive earlier in the year. He calls for the international isolation of the Syrian regime, arguing that the United Nations should assume control of the country and that the Communist world should join him in similar action going forward. | + | |
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- | 8 December | + | |
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- | The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood is expelled from their Nicosia headquarters by Britain, as tensions out of Damascus lead to the call of new leadership internationally. | + | |
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- | **1987** | + | |
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- | 9 January | + | |
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- | President Hafez Assad of Syria, having noticed a changing strategic situation in Iraq and wishing to respond to the instability in his own country, declares a state of emergency. | + | |
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- | 28 March | + | |
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- | Protests once again break out in the city of Latakia in Syria and there are calls for a general strike to bring down President Hafez Assad, the long-time dictator. | + | |
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- | 16 April | + | |
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- | There are destructive riots across Syria after a group of students stage an uprising at Damascus University in favour of an Islamic government and release of Muslim and other dissidents. | + | |
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- | 17 April | + | |
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- | Syria’s President, Hafez Assad, addresses his nation on television as riots continue throughout his country. | + | |
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- | 18 April | + | |
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- | Seemingly reversing his stand of yesterday, Syrian President Hafez Assad declares a state of martial law. | + | |
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- | 9 May | + | |
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- | Populist marches in Syria demand the removal of President Hafez Assad and the installation of a democratic Islamic government. | + | |
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- | 28 May | + | |
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- | Rumours circulate the Middle East that the President of Syria, Hafez Assad, has resigned. | + | |
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- | 16 June | + | |
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- | President Hafez Assad of Syria and his family leave the country for a “vacation” in Egypt. | + | |
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- | 23 June | + | |
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- | Acting President of Syria, Abdul Halim Khaddam, announces his intention to form an Interim Government of National Unity, including those factions which have traditionally opposed the Assad regime. | + | |
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- | 30 June | + | |
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- | President of Syria, Abdul Halim Khaddam, meets with Middle East peace envoy and former US President Richard Nixon. | + | |
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- | 1 July | + | |
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- | In a press conference in Berne, the 49-year-old leader of Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood, | + | |
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- | 11 July | + | |
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- | Syrian President Abdul Halim Khaddam expresses grave concern over the establishment of paramilitaries and “revolutionary committees” within his country. | + | |
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- | 17 July | + | |
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- | Syrian President Abdul Halim Khaddam states that his nation’s historic alignment with Iran is “burdensome” and that, with the economy and the military in tatters, he is “receptive” to peace with the West. He admits that the USSR has agreed to extend $4 billion in economic loans and rescheduled debts. | + | |
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- | 5 October | + | |
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- | Clashes between youth and police in the streets of Syria makes it clear that President Abdul Halim Khaddam is having extreme difficulty in managing the balance between Islamic revolutionaries, | + | |
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- | 14 October | + | |
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- | There are high levels of violent attacks against liberals and socialists in Syria as they resist attempts by hardline Islamists to create an Islamic republic on the model of Iran. There are acts of political violence and widespread civil unrest among all factions. | + | |
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- | 2 November | + | |
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- | US Secretary of State James Baker announces that, in sixty days, Syria will be removed from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. | + | |
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- | 7 November | + | |
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- | President Abdul Halim Khaddam of Syria announces that he has been unable to reach an agreement with members of the Muslim Brotherhood. | + | |
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- | 13 November | + | |
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- | Syrian factional leaders meeting in Damascus fail to achieve a deal that will allow the formation of a unity government after the Muslim Brotherhood walk out. President Abdul Halim Khaddam declares a state of emergency and orders the Syrian army on to the streets to restore order. | + | |
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- | 21 November | + | |
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- | Following a meeting with King Hussein of Jordan, President Abdul Halim Khaddam proclaims to the Arab League a “new birth of Arab unity” after a vote to return Egypt to full membership, a move long vetoed by his predecessor. | + | |
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- | 1 December | + | |
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- | Syria formally renews diplomatic relations with the United States for the first time in many years. | + | |
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- | 6 December | + | |
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- | President Abdul Halim Khaddam of Syria is forced to resign after five months. | + | |
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- | **1988** | + | |
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- | 2 January | + | |
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- | Acting Syrian President Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni commits not to cancel the work of the previous government’s constitutional commission, welcoming a civil democratic constitution for Syria. | + | |
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- | 25 February | + | |
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- | In what international observers call a “free and open” election, Ali Sadr al-Din al-Bayanuni is popularly elected as the new President of Syria. | + | |
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- | 15 April | + | |
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- | Syria holds a parliamentary election, the first relatively free vote in the nation’s history since 1954. International observers agree that the Muslim Brotherhood has taken over 84% of the Arab vote. However, due to the wishes of President Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni, a non-proportional number of seats have been allocated to ethnic minorities in the new legislature and thus the Brotherhood, | + | |
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- | 27 May | + | |
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- | Lieutenant General Vernon Walters, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, flies out to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni after two armoured brigades, supported by two battalions of special forces, are sent to the Iraqi border. | + | |
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- | 3 July | + | |
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- | US President George Bush expresses “deep concern” about intelligence that the new Syrian government has struck a deal with China to buy ten M9 missiles, each with a range of 800 kilometres. | + | |
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- | 30 September | + | |
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- | The Iraqi government claims to have evidence that the Syrian President, Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni, is funnelling money and armaments to Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. It also claims that Syria is diverting additional water out of the Euphrates River in order to increases stresses on the Iraqi regime. | + | |
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- | **1989** | + | |
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- | 28 January | + | |
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- | According to a Pentagon document leaked today, a recent typhoid outbreak in Syria was caused by a strain of the disease which has been weaponised and was sold by the United States to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. Syrian President Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni openly threatens military action, but few consider this a serious threat. | + | |
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- | 20 February | + | |
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- | The CIA reports that a large number of Syrian troops, perhaps as many as forty thousand, are headed toward the Iraqi-Syrian border. | + | |
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- | 22 February | + | |
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- | Syrian President Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni agrees to cooperate with US attempts to establish a peaceful dialogue between himself and the Iraqi President, Maher Abdul Rashid. | + | |
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- | 28 February | + | |
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- | Talks between Iraq and Syria break down after reports that a Syrian delegate struck an Iraqi diplomat during a crucial moment. | + | |
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- | 3 March | + | |
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- | At 2am local time, five Syrian divisions cross the border with Iraq, supported by two helicopter squadrons and four aircraft squadrons. | + | |
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- | 18 March | + | |
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- | Syrian troops occupy the Euphrates township of Al Qa’im and capture Iraq’s main uranium refinery. | + | |
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- | 29 March | + | |
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- | Breaking his silence with the international media since the beginning of the war with Iraq, Syrian President Ali Sadreddine Bayanouni agrees to an interview with US and Egyptian journalists. | + | |
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- | 30 March | + | |
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- | Iraqi and Syrian troops engage outside the township of Sinjar. | + | |
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- | 19 April | + | |
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- | Tal Afar, a Shia Turkmen town about sixty kilometres outside Mosul, becomes the centre of entrenched battles between the Iraqi and Syrian armies, resulting in mass evacuations by the civilian population. | + | |
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- | 5 May | + | |
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- | A Syrian attempt to seize the Haditha Dam is repulsed with hundreds of casualties on both sides. | + | |
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- | 19 May | + | |
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- | Syrian troops take control of the town of Ar Rutbah, cutting the road from Amman to Baghdad. | + | |
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+ | === Syria-centered TLs === | ||
+ | * Know of any other timelines set here ? ;-) Feel free to add them ! :-) | ||
+ | === TLs in which the country makes appearances === | ||
+ | * //**[[A Darker World War II]]**// by [[offtopic: | ||
+ | * Know of any other timelines set here ? ;-) Feel free to add them ! :-) | ||
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+ | ==== See Also ==== | ||
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