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17 September – At least seven people are killed in Syria during simultaneous explosions of pagers used primarily by Hezbollah members in Syria and Lebanon. [40] 22 September – Three children are killed and a fourth child from the same family is injured, when a land mine in a plastic bag explodes near a park in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate. [41]
Following the onset of the Northwestern Syria offensive, Syrian rebel forces in the south of the nation released a public announcement attributed to the "Revolutionaries and Free Men of the Eastern Region of Hauran", declaring plans to coordinate military activities with northern opposition groups.
Syria, [h] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [i] [16] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
[citation needed] In July 1949, Syria was the last Arab country to sign an armistice agreement with Israel. In March 1949, Syria's national government was overthrown by a military coup d'état led by Husni al-Zaim in a coup. Some authors claim involvement by the United States CIA. [4] [5] [6] [7]
[35] [36] Although, regular flare-ups occurred among factions in northwestern Syria, and large-scale protests emerged in southern Syria and spread nationwide in response to extensive autocratic policies and the economic situation. The protests were noted at the time as resembling the 2011 revolution that preceded the civil war.
Nguyen Phu Trong, the Marxist-Leninist who led Vietnam for more than a decade overseeing rapid economic growth and more recently trod a fine line in elevating ties with both China and the U.S ...
Syria was recognized as an independent republic. 1946: 17 April: French troops evacuated Syria. 1947: The first Baʿth Party congress was held in Damascus. 1948: 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Syria was involved in the war. 1958: 1 February: The United Arab Republic (UAR) was formed by the union of Syria and Egypt. 1961: 28 September
ISIL's deputy leader in Syria, Abu Ali al-Anbari, was killed by JSOC special forces operatives in March 2016, in eastern Syria near the Syrian–Iraqi border, while he and three other ISIL members were traveling in a vehicle coming from Raqqa. The US Special Forces ordered him to exit the vehicle, intending to arrest him.