1980 in Syria

A picture for (left to right) Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Darwish & George Habash taken in Syria circa 1980.

← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Syria → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1980 List of years in Syria

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Syria .

Incumbents

• President: Hafez al-Assad ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (until 9 January), Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (starting 9 January) ^[2]

Events

April

• April 15 - Syria recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

June

• June 25 - A Muslim Brotherhood assassination attempt against President Hafez al-Assad fails. Assad retaliates by sending the army against them.

References

1. Nohlen et al., p227
2. "Syria". World Statesmen. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2011.