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Syria was found as a whole country by itself.
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He became the first president while Syria was whole.
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Salad jadid leads a internal coup aganists the civilian baath leadership, overthrowing Amin and arresting Salah al-Din al-Bitar and michael alflaq. Hafez al-Assad becomes defence minister.
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Syria and Egypt go to war with Israel but failed to retake the Golan Heights seized during 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
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Syrian army intervenes in the Lebanese civil war to ensure that the status quo is maintained, and the Maronites remain in power.
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Israel invades Lebanon and attacks the Syrian army, forcing it to withdraw from several areas.
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Assad send troops to Lebanon for a second time to enforce a ceasefire Beirut.
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Syria attened a peace conference in Madrid and held a talk with Isarel that founder over the Golan Heights issue.
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His father died and he became the president. He is the second son of Hafez al-Assad.
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The president was celebrating the 30th anniverary of the purge that brought his father Hafez to power,
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The pope visited Syria as the pilgrim of faith.
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President Amin al-Assad was the first Syrian leader to visit Turkey for the end of decades of frosty relations, although ties sour again after the popullar uprising in 2011.
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Syria establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon for the first time since both countries established independence in 1940s.
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Anti-government protesters in southern Deraa start a protest aganist the president and government to free political prisioners.
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Arab league votes to suspend Syria, accusing it of failing to implement an Arab peace plan, and impose sanctions.
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The president allowed inspectors to destroy chemical weapons on the basis of US-Russian agreement.
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Russia sent out air strikes saying it was meant for islamic state group, but west and syrian opposition say it's overwhelmingly targets Anti-Assad rebels instead.
