Syria
2500 BC – Sumerian.
2400 BC – See 1974
2254-2218 BC – Research in Ebla
Syria. Akkadin King Naramsin. In Ebla there was looting and fire. (A
universal history of the destruction of books. Fernando Baez (c)2004
US).
0000 – Jesus Christ was born and
lived.
40 AD – Muslims called Jesus Christ
ISA the prophet. By 40 AD the centre of the Christian faith became
Antioch, on the border of what is now Syria and Turkey. The followers
of the way were first called Christians. (The Middle East ©2006 C
Catherwood).
632-651 – Muhammed's death in 632,
the entire Arabic peninsula was under Muslim control. Califs between
633 and 651, most of the Middle East, the Muslim crescent. (Gods
assassins ©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).
7th and 8th
centuries – Islamic military and economic empire in medieval times.
Central register divans Persia, Damascus Syria. Iran, Iraq and North
African mosques, archival Syria. (Archives (c)2005 Sue McKemmish
Australia).
28 Jan 1099 – Crusaders siege of Hosn
el Akred Syria. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history 28 Jan 2015).
9 Aug 1138 – Rapture ready. Aleppo
earthquake 230,000 people dead.
Aug 1176 – Sultan Saladin, siege to
Syrian stronghold of Masyaf. Syrian leader Sinan. (Gods assassins
©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).
1192 – Acre in Syria surrendered to
Richard in 1192 on condition that he gave its Turkish garrison safe
passage. Once the city was in Christian hands 2,700 Turks were
beheaded. (Gods assassins (c)2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).
5 July 1201 – Timeline of
earthquakes. 1.1 million people were killed in Syria.
18 May 1291 – The city of Acre was a
crusader port in Syria. Sultan Qalawun, Mamluk army, Muslims and
Christians. Acre was the last crusaders stronghold in the Middle
East. The Mamluks were Islamic warrior slaves. (Gods assassins ©2009
UK G Baddeley. P Woods).
22 Jan 1837 – Timeline of
earthquakes. Thousands of people were killed in Syria.
22 Jan 1837 – An earthquake in
southern Syria killed thousands of people. Timeline internet.
1943 – Baath party, movement of Arab
resistance was formed in Damascus by Michel Aflaq and Sala al Din
Bitar. They supported the Rashid Ali pro German regime in Iraq, which
set up a fascist background to the party.
1958 – Syria joined with Egypt to
form the United Arab Republic. A plot in March 1958 to assassinate
Nasser, to shoot down his plane, as he was to land in Damascus Syria.
This was to be followed by the assassination of Syrian President
Shukri Kuwatly. (The house of Saud. Said K Aburish (c)2005 UK).
1964-75 – Syria in 1964 Sabatino
Moscati an archeologist at the university of Rome. Excavation of Tell
Mardik in Syria. 34 miles south of Aleppo. The site of the city of
Ebla. In 1975 archelogoists found thousands of tablets and a room
used as a library. The Ebla library with 15,000 tablets. (A universal
history of the destruiction of books. Fernando Baez (c)2004 US).
1965 – Cuba welcomed the founding of
the PLO. First contacts with Palestinian Fatah in 1965 in Algiers and
Damascus.
Aug 1969 – TWA flight 840 Rome to
Athens was hijacked to Damascus. It was destroyed after the hostages
were freed.
29 Aug 1969 – A TWA airliner from LA
was hijacked to Damascus. Two Palestinians were not brought to trial.
Early 1970s – While building a
revolutionary movement in Iran. The exiled Ayatollah Khomeini
supported the PLO and al Fatah brigades. He funded and trained
militant groups in Syria with Syrian aid on Syrian soil. Shiite
Muslims supported the groups, which were dominated by Sunnis under
protection of a left wing dictatorship.
May 1970 to Jan 1971 – In May 1970
the Tapline, an oil pipeline running from Saudi Arabia to the port of
Sidon in Lebanon, was damaged in Syrian territory. Syria refused to
allow the Tapline to be repaired. The oil did not flow for 8 months
until Jan 1971. The shortage of less than half a million barrels a
day to Europe was felt. And for the first time in oil history prices
increased. (Yamani ©1988 J Robinson).
July 1972 – Sadat expelled the
Russians from Egypt. Moscow was still able to strengthen ties with
Syria and Iraq. (Arms bazaar ©1977 Sampson).
1973-75 – Cuba provided military
support and personel to Syria during the Yom Kippur war.
17 Dec 1973 – A hijacked plane from
Italy to Greece, flew to Damascus, where it stopped for 2 hours for
fuel and food, it then flew to Kuwait.
1974 – Library and collection of
written knowledge at Ebla in northern Syria, which was discovered by
Italian archeologists in 1974. More than 16,000 clay tablets were
found buried in ruins, which date back to 2400 BC. Tablets in
Sumerian and Semitic script, records. (A history of info storage and
retrieval. Foster Stockwell ©2001 US).
1974-78 – Two Soviet arms recipients,
Syria and Iraq, account for $8.6 billion or 84% of Soviet arms sent
to the Middle east region.
8 July 1977 – A Kuwait airways Boeing
707 from Beirut to Kuwait was hijacked to Syria.
1980 – Syria signed a treaty of
friendship and cooperation with the Russian Kremlin in late 1980.
Syria could get the Soviet Union’s latest and best weapons. Syria
has no oil wealth, with which to purchase Soviet arms. Syria predates
Iraq as a Soviet client, recipient of military supplies from the
Soviet Union.
11 Jan 1980 – Albert Stern. Cautious
visit with Syrian Jews. Cleveland Jewish news p15. Info on the
treatment of Jews in Arab lands.
1982 – Four Arab countries account
for more than 70% of Soviet arms exports to the Middle East region.
With Iraq and Syria far in the lead.
2000 – The US imposed sanctions
against North Korea’s Ch’angguang Shinyong company, for selling
missile tech to Syria. (Bill Gates. China, N Korea hit with
Sanctions. Washington Times 28 June 2001).
5 June 2000 – China is assisting
Syria and Iran to develop advanced missiles, missile engines and
guidance systems. (Ross Dunn. Beijing helping Syria with missiles.
The Times UK. 5 June 2000).
Aug 2000 to Sept 2001 – The CIA said
Syria continues to work towards developing and producing a solid
propellent rocket motor capability. North Korea and Russia continue
to provide equipment and assistance for Syria’s liquid propellant
missile program. The CIA also said Syria continues towards building
liquid fuelled Scud-C missiles with assistance from North Korea.
(Anthony H Cordesman. Weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
Centre for strategic and int studies 15 April 2003).
17 Dec 2004 – Thomas E Ricks.
General, Iraqi insurgents are directed from Syria. Washington Post 17
Dec 2004.
23 July 2006 – Iran’s charge
d’affairs in Syria. IRNA reports and RFE/RL. Ghazanfar Roknabadi.
26 July 2006 – Supreme national
security council secretary Ali Larijani arrived in Damascus late on
26 July 2006. Nehr news agency and Reuters reported. He is there to
discuss regional developments with Syrian officials. Larijani is also
to meet with Hezbollah secretary general Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.
Reports on 27 July 2006 said.
5 Aug 2006 – Ali Akbar Mohatashemi,
former Iranian ambassador to Syria and the founder of Hezbollah,
Mohtashemi was one of Ayatollah Khomeni’s students.
27 Nov 2006 – Two French men were
expelled from Syria, they were under investigation for suspected
terrorist links.
10 Sept 2007 – The Iraqi foreign
ministry said that starting on 10 Sept 2007 Syria will require visas
for Iraqis coming to Syria for economic trade or education. AP
reported. Syrian foreign minister Walid al Moualem told Iraqi FM
Hoshyar Zebari by phone on 30 Aug 2007. (Stratfor intel summary 31
Aug 2007).
24 Nov 2011 – Report Russian has sent
Syria super advanced S-300 missiles and has sent advisors. By David
Lev. Arutz Sheva Israel national news.
2 Dec 2011 – Reuters Geneva. UN urges
action in Syria. Russia and China object, by Stephanie Nebahay.
4 Dec 2011 – The hackers RevoluSec
infiltrated Syrian government computers and other projects. (The many
faces of Anonymous. Gabriella Coleman ©2014 US).
8 Dec 2011 – Reuters. Syria not in
civil war but situation grave. ICRC.
9 Dec 2011 – CNN Massacre feared
brewing in the Syrian city of Homs.
9 Dec 2011 – Washington Post. Red
Cross halts some monitoring inside Syria by Joby Warrick and Liz Sly.
Detainees inside Syria.
10 Dec 2011 – 10 people are dead as
Syrian opposition warns of massacre. AFP. Sydney Morning Herald.
Protests in Homs.
12 Oct 2012 – Biden admits that US
Pres Obama is arming the Muslim Brotherhood to take over Syria.
Frontpage mag. By Daniel Greenfield.
11 Nov 2012 – Israel fired a warning
missile after Syrian members strike Golan. Radio free Europe. Radio
liberty. Reuters. AP. AFP.
5 Feb 2014 – A short history of
Syrian orphans. Counterpunch. Barbara Nimri Aziz.
11 Sept 2014 – al Qaeda plots 9/11.
Twitchy.com. Abu Sulayman al Muhajir was a muslim preacher from
Australia and now is a leader of al Qaeda in Syria.
27 Oct 2014 – al-Baath party official
meets the Fearab Venezuela delegation. Syrian Arab news agency SANA.
Al-Baath Arab Socialist party, Venezuela.
31 Oct 2014 – Syrian air strikes kill
over 200 civilians in ten days. Firstpost. Bombing by the Syrian air
force in ten days killed at least 221 civilians, a third of them
children.
9 Nov 2014 – High Wycombe. Muslims
from Buckinghamshire left to fight in Syria. Telegraph London. Jihad
in Syria.
16 Nov 2014 – Sunday Times London.
Men from High Wycombe Buckinghamshire travelled to Syria to join ISIS
Islamic State.
3 Dec 2014 – Blowback from the
foreign jihadists. Daily Times Pakistan. More than 15,000 foreign
jihadists from 80 counties are in Syria fighting.
18 Dec 2014 – The mass graves of 230
tribespeople were found in Syria. Deir Ezzor Alakhbar. ISIS in Syria,
children.
Jan 2015 – Superbad. ISIS and al
Qaeda. Daily Beast. AQAP. Islamic State ISIS and al Qaeda.
9 Jan 2015 – British M15 chief says
Syrian terror groups are plotting to attack the UK. SMN weekly. 600
British militants who went to Syria joined ISIS. Al Qaeda in Syria.
9 Jan 2015 – al Qaeda ISIS militants
in Syria are plotting attacks on the West. Warns British intel M15.
International business Times, Indian edition. NBC news.
9 Jan 2015 – Fanatics set their
sights on Britain. Daily Mail Glasgow Scotland. Al Qaeda plotters in
Syria are planning mass attacks.
9 Jan 2015 – Cape Times South Africa.
Militant al Qaeda have blown up a 13th century tomb in
Syria.
10 Jan 2015 – A Syrian based cell of
al Qaeda. Complex terror plots against the west. M15 says.
Independent UK. Sky news. Yahoo and Fox news.
11 Jan 2015 – al Qaeda is plotting
massive deadly attacks on the West. British M15 chief says. Fox news.
Al Qaeda militants from Pakistan went to Syria. British militants to
attack the UK. Sky reported. 600 British militants went to Syria to
join ISIS.
13 Jan 2015 – Terror worse than 9/11.
Daily Mail. 5,000 terror suspects are at large after returning from
Syria. Warns Europol’s Tom McTague.
14 Jan 2015 - Nusra inches closer to
Idlib airport. The Daily Star Beirut Lebanon. Al Qaeda in Syria on
the outskirts of the Abu Dhuhur.
14 Jan 2015 – Govt tried to hush up
leaks about shipments to Syria and ban the internet. Cihan news
agency CND. Arms shipments by Turkish spy agency to opposition groups
in Syria, including al Qaeda.
14 Jan 2015 – Syrian Nusr executed a
woman for adultery. Al Arab London UK. Beirut. Al Qaeda linked public
execution of a woman accused of adultery in northern Syria.
16 Jan 2015 – US Pentagon to deploy
400 troops to Syria. Cyprus Mail. Colonel Steve Warren.
16 Jan 2015 – Italian hostage release
raises questions about ransom. Cyprus Mail. Italian media and Arab
report, 12 million Euros or $14 million may have been paid to al
Qaeda in Syria, the Nusra front.
19 Jan 2015 – Death of Iranian
general in Syria.. Israeli conflict with Hezbollah. Haaretz.
23 Jan 2015 – ISIS goes east, 300
Chinese Jihadis via Malaysia. (Arutz Sheva. Israeli news. Ari
Yashar).
25 Jan 2015 – Legal insurrection.
Former ISIS prisoner says ISIS wants an attack worse than 9/11. Ahmad
Rashidi. Aleistar. Andrew Johnson. He went to Syria from London.
Simon Tisdall The Guardian UK.
27 Jan 2015 – US backed Kurds seized
back most of the Syrian border city of Kobani. Islamic State. Wall
Street journal.
2 Feb 2015 – Bus bombing kills Shiite
pilgrims in Syria. Wall Street Journal. Six people were killed. Bomb
attack on pilgrims from Lebanon in Damascus Syria.
