Timeline:Syria - Revision history

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			* According to the World Refugee Survey 2008, published by the U.S. - Wikipedia
			* Archaeologists have demonstrated that civilization in Syria was one of the most ancient on earth, perhaps preceded by only that of Mesopotamia. - Wikipedia
	* Area: 187,437 sq km - CIA World Factbook		* Area: 187,437 sq km - CIA World Factbook
			* At the time, people used containers made of stone, gyps, and burnt lime (Vaisselle blanche). - Wikipedia
	* Background: After World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: After World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: The French administered the area until granting it independence in 1946. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: The French administered the area until granting it independence in 1946. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: The new country lacked political stability and experienced a series of military coups. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: The new country lacked political stability and experienced a series of military coups. - CIA World Factbook
	* Branches: the interim government authorities in Syria have established a Ministry of Defense and are attempting to unify the dozens of armed factions operating in Syria under a single, state-linked army; it has also established a Ministry of Interior to manage police and other security forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* Branches: the interim government authorities in Syria have established a Ministry of Defense and are attempting to unify the dozens of armed factions operating in Syria under a single, state-linked army; it has also established a Ministry of Interior to manage police and other security forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook
			* By 2020, the UN estimated that over 5.5 million Syrians were living as refugees in the region, and 6.1 million others were internally displaced. - Wikipedia
	* Capital: Damascus - CIA World Factbook		* Capital: Damascus - CIA World Factbook
	* Chief of state: Ahmad al-Shara'; former President Bashar al-ASAD was overthrown by Islamist rebels on 8 December 2024 - CIA World Factbook		* Chief of state: Ahmad al-Shara'; former President Bashar al-ASAD was overthrown by Islamist rebels on 8 December 2024 - CIA World Factbook
	* Climate: mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus - CIA World Factbook		* Climate: mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus - CIA World Factbook
			* Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Syria hosted a population of refugees and asylum seekers numbering approximately 1,852,300. - Wikipedia
	* Equipment: the military forces of Syria are equipped with Russian and Soviet-era armaments (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* Equipment: the military forces of Syria are equipped with Russian and Soviet-era armaments (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Ethnic groups: Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian) - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian) - CIA World Factbook
	* Government type: transitional presidential republic - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: transitional presidential republic - CIA World Factbook
	* Head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad al-BASHIR (since 8 December 2024) - CIA World Factbook		* Head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad al-BASHIR (since 8 December 2024) - CIA World Factbook
			* Importance is placed on family, religion, education, self-discipline and respect. - Wikipedia
			* In what the UN has described as "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era", by 2014 about 9.5 million Syrians, half the population, had been displaced since March 2011; 4 million were outside the country as refugees. - Wikipedia
	* Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: mixed system of civil and Islamic (sharia) law (for family courts) - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: mixed system of civil and Islamic (sharia) law (for family courts) - CIA World Factbook
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	* Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey - CIA World Factbook		* Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey - CIA World Factbook
	* Major urban areas: 2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023) - CIA World Factbook		* Major urban areas: 2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* Marriage ceremonies and the births of children are occasions for the lively demonstration of folk customs. - Wikipedia
	* Median age: 24.5 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Median age: 24.5 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Most people live in the Euphrates River valley and along the coastal plain, a fertile strip between the coastal mountains and the desert. - Wikipedia
	* Natural resources: petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower - CIA World Factbook		* Natural resources: petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower - CIA World Factbook
			* Overall population density before the civil war was about 99 per square kilometre (258 per square mile). - Wikipedia
	* Personnel: not available - CIA World Factbook		* Personnel: not available - CIA World Factbook
	* Population: 24,261,882 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Population: 24,261,882 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Religions: Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3% - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3% - CIA World Factbook
			* Some Syrian dishes also evolved from Turkish and French cooking: dishes like shish kebab, stuffed zucchini/courgette, and yabraʾ (stuffed grape leaves, the word yabraʾ deriving from the Turkish word yaprak, meaning leaf). - Wikipedia
			* Syria is a traditional society with a long cultural history. - Wikipedia
			* Syrian cuisine is rich and varied in its ingredients, linked to the regions where a specific dish has originated. - Wikipedia
			* Syrian food mostly consists of southern Mediterranean, Greek, and Southwest Asian dishes. - Wikipedia
			* Syrians are an overall indigenous Levantine people, closely related to their immediate neighbors, such as Lebanese, Palestinians, Jordanians and Jews. - Wikipedia
			* Syrians' taste for the traditional arts is expressed in dances such as the al-Samah, the Dabkeh in all their variations, and the sword dance. - Wikipedia
	* Terrain: primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west - CIA World Factbook
			* The Natufian culture was the first to become sedentary around the 11th millennium BC and became one of the centers of Neolithic culture (known as Pre-Pottery Neolithic A), where agriculture and cattle breeding first began to appear. - Wikipedia
			* The Neolithic period (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) is represented by rectangular houses of Mureybet culture. - Wikipedia
			* The ancient cities of Hamoukar and Emar played an important role during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age. - Wikipedia
			* The discovery of obsidian tools from Anatolia are evidence of early trade. - Wikipedia
			* The earliest recorded indigenous civilization in the region was the Kingdom of Ebla near present-day Idlib, northern Syria. - Wikipedia
			* The main dishes are kibbeh, hummus, tabbouleh, fattoush, labneh, shawarma, mujaddara, shanklish, pastırma, sujuk and baklava. - Wikipedia
			* The site of Tell Qaramel has several round stone towers dated to 10650 BC, making them the oldest structures of this kind in the world. - Wikipedia
			* The vast majority of this population was from Iraq (1,300,000), but sizeable populations from Palestine (543,400) and Somalia (5,200) also lived in the country. - Wikipedia
	* Urbanization: 57.4% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook		* Urbanization: 57.4% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook

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	* Background: The French administered the area until granting it independence in 1946. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: The French administered the area until granting it independence in 1946. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: The new country lacked political stability and experienced a series of military coups. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: The new country lacked political stability and experienced a series of military coups. - CIA World Factbook
			* Branches: the interim government authorities in Syria have established a Ministry of Defense and are attempting to unify the dozens of armed factions operating in Syria under a single, state-linked army; it has also established a Ministry of Interior to manage police and other security forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Capital: Damascus - CIA World Factbook		* Capital: Damascus - CIA World Factbook
	* Chief of state: Ahmad al-Shara'; former President Bashar al-ASAD was overthrown by Islamist rebels on 8 December 2024 - CIA World Factbook		* Chief of state: Ahmad al-Shara'; former President Bashar al-ASAD was overthrown by Islamist rebels on 8 December 2024 - CIA World Factbook
	* Climate: mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus - CIA World Factbook		* Climate: mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus - CIA World Factbook
			* Equipment: the military forces of Syria are equipped with Russian and Soviet-era armaments (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Ethnic groups: Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian) - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian) - CIA World Factbook
	* Government type: transitional presidential republic - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: transitional presidential republic - CIA World Factbook
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	* Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: mixed system of civil and Islamic (sharia) law (for family courts) - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: mixed system of civil and Islamic (sharia) law (for family courts) - CIA World Factbook
			* Life expectancy: 74.8 years (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Literacy: 94.4% (2021 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey - CIA World Factbook		* Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey - CIA World Factbook
			* Major urban areas: 2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* Median age: 24.5 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Natural resources: petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower - CIA World Factbook		* Natural resources: petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower - CIA World Factbook
			* Personnel: not available - CIA World Factbook
			* Population: 24,261,882 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Religions: Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3% - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3% - CIA World Factbook
	* Terrain: primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west - CIA World Factbook
			* Urbanization: 57.4% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook

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Dated events for '''Syria''', generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.

=== 2026-08-23 ===
* Mossad chief, Syria FM hold positive de-escalation talks after Israeli airbase strike, source says - Jerusalem Post

=== 2026-08-20 ===
* Israel strikes military airbase in Syria while warning Turkey - Long War Journal

=== 2026-08-18 ===
* Netanyahu's office: Syria risked status quo - Breakingthenews.net

=== 2026-07-09 ===
* Is Syria stable enough to engage with the world? - Al Jazeera

=== 2026-06-23 ===
* “Dear Syria … ” - Public Books

=== 2026-06-06 ===
* Gaza is a step away from catastrophe - ynet.co.il

=== 2026-05-27 ===
* Is Accountability in Syria Possible? - Pulitzer Center

=== 2026-05-01 ===
* Recalling Damascus on the Hudson - The Broadsheet

=== 2026-04-26 ===
* Damascus, Scatter Brain, and New Faces - The Trek

=== 2026-04-17 ===
* Damascus, MD - gnews

=== 2026-04-15 ===
* Discover - Twin Cities PBS

=== 2026-03-25 ===
* Acknowledgments - Pew Research Center
* The Choking of Hormuz - The New York Times

=== 2026-03-17 ===
* Syria: Labour Market Assessment Report - ReliefWeb

=== 2026-03-05 ===
* Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2026-02-27 ===
* Shipping Tribune - shippingtribune.com

=== 2026-02-11 ===
* Inside the End of Kurdish Self-Rule in Syria - New Lines Magazine
* Syria’s Future Between Fragmentation and Rival Reconstruction - Manara Magazine

=== 2026-02-10 ===
* Cutting Through the Fog of War (and Peace) in Syria - The Washington Institute

=== 2026-02-03 ===
* The U.S. is Moving Quickly to Leave Syria - New Lines Institute

=== 2026-02-01 ===
* The U.S. should pull the plug on its Syria deployment - Defense Priorities

=== 2026-01-30 ===
* What the New Agreement Means for Kurds in Syria and Beyond - JINSA

=== 2026-01-08 ===
* Syria’s Reconstruction Begins: Recycling the Rubble of War - The Syrian Observer

=== 2025-12-16 ===
* Squeezing Water From the Rubble in Syria - Jacobin

=== 2025-12-14 ===
* Attack on US troops in Syria “tragic & devastating” | Syria's War - Al Jazeera

=== 2025-12-12 ===
* Msayleh - Human Rights Watch

=== 2025-12-11 ===
* It’s time for a reckoning at the UN in Syria, and beyond - The New Humanitarian

=== 2025-12-10 ===
* A new Syria struggles to be born - Engelsberg Ideas

=== 2025-12-08 ===
* Baraa in Syria - Al Jazeera
* What Syria Achieved One Year Ago - Time Magazine

=== 2025-11-18 ===
* Hamas - Middle East Institute

=== 2025-11-13 ===
* Syria-US rapprochement sees cooperation surge - Al Majalla

=== 2025-11-10 ===
* Sharaa Visit to Washington Affirms Syria Realignment - The Soufan Center

=== 2025-11-06 ===
* Kurds Could Hold Syria Together or Pull It Apart - New Lines Magazine

=== 2025-11-05 ===
* After Assad, What’s the Future for Syria’s Kurdish Region? - Inkstick Media

=== 2025-10-26 ===
* Javad Naeimi: Mossad Spy or a Victim? - WANA News Agency

=== 2025-10-13 ===
* Poor Syria - Arab American Institute

=== 2025-10-01 ===
* Focus on the Druze - Jewish Policy Center
* Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2025-09-29 ===
* How the Shipwrights of Arwad Weathered Syria’s War - New Lines Magazine
* Video | Syria War News | Syria’s Children Return To School After 14 Years Of Conflict - NDTV

=== 2025-09-26 ===
* Israel - General Debate

=== 2025-09-25 ===
* Benjamin Netanyahu confirms security negotiations with Syria - The Jerusalem Post

=== 2025-09-24 ===
* Returning to Yarmouk - Jewish Currents

=== 2025-09-18 ===
* Creating safer learning environments in Syria - Unicef

=== 2025-09-17 ===
* Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation - Transnational Institute
* History of the Kaaba - TRT World
* Syria, Lebanon sign agreement on border demarcation - TRT World

=== 2025-09-16 ===
* Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley - Rest of World

=== 2025-09-11 ===
* Syria says it arrested ‘Hezbollah cell’ in Damascus countryside - Anadolu Ajansı

=== 2025-09-05 ===
* Discontent Amid Despair - Riddle Russia

=== 2025-08-27 ===
* Abkhazian delegation arrives in Syria for international fair - OC Media

=== 2025-08-26 ===
* Ahmed Sharaa on Syria's 'zero-problems' strategy - Al Majalla
* Dan Air reduces flight connections to Syria - Aviation.Direct
* Explained: Syria’s currency revaluation and how it works - TRT World
* Syria won't join Abraham Accords: Al Sharaa - TRT World
* Ukraine, Land Swaps, and Patriotic Assassination - Cato Institute

=== 2025-08-25 ===
* Regional Flash Update #41 Syria situation crisis - ReliefWeb
* Syria condemns Israeli ‘military incursion’ in southwest - Al Arabiya English
* Talking and Fighting Intersect in Gaza - The Soufan Center

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