16 January – Spain reopens its embassy in Damascus after a 13-year closure caused by the Syrian civil war.[4]
20 January – A French court issues an arrest warrant against former president Bashar al-Assad for the 2017 killing of a dual French-Syrian national in a bombing in Deraa.[5]
21 January –
Syrian authorities restore control over the port of Tartus, abrogating a 2019 agreement that granted a 49-year contract for the Russian firm Stroytransgaz to operate it.[6]
31 January – The US military says it had killed Muhammad Salah al-Zabir, a senior operative of the al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din in an airstrike near Batabo in northwestern Syria.[10]
February
1 February – Four people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.[11]
3 February – Twenty people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.[12]
4 February – Mohammad al-Shaar, a former interior minister under the Assad regime, surrenders to the transitional authorities.[13]
15 February – The US military says it had killed a senior finance and logistics official of the al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din in an airstrike in northwestern Syria.[10]
20 February – Seven people are killed in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance stored inside a house in Al-Nayrab.[14]
23 February – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that Israel will prevent Syria’s new army or HTS from advancing south of Damascus, citing protection of the Druze minority.[15]
24 February –
The European Union suspends sanctions against Syria targeting its energy and transport sectors as part of efforts to encourage political reform.[16]
15 March – Sixteen people are killed in an explosion caused by the mishandling of unexploded ordnance by a scrap dealer inside a residential building in Latakia.[28]
16 March – Ten people are killed in clashes along the Syrian-Lebanese border following the killing of three Syrian soldiers blamed by Damascus on Hezbollah.[29]
17 March – The IDF carries out an airstrike in Daraa, killing three people.[30]
31 March – Four people are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on the village of Haref Nemra outside Baniyas.[37]
April
3 April – At least 13 people are killed in a series of airstrikes and ground attacks by the IDF across Syria.[38]
4 April – The SDF withdraws from the Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo as part of an agreement with the transitional government.[39]
27 April – The Qatari and Saudi Arabian finance ministries announce in a joint statement that they will pay off Syria's $15 million debt to the World Bank,[45] which is finalized on 16 May.[46]
29 April – At least 14 people are killed in sectarian clashes caused by an audio recording criticizing the Prophet Muhammad in the majority-Druze town of Jaramana.[47]
30 April – At least 11 people are killed in sectarian clashes involving members of the Druze community in Sahnaya. Israel subsequently launches an attack on the area, saying that it targeted those involved in attacks against the Druze.[48]
13 May – US president Donald Trump announces that the United States will plan to lift sanctions on Syria.[51]
14 May – President Trump meets with President al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia, marking the first meeting between American and Syrian heads of state since 2000.[52]
The European Union announces the conditional lifting of sanctions against Syria on humanitarian grounds, with the exception of sanctions placed on grounds of security and human rights issues.[54]
Two soldiers of unspecified nationality are killed in an attack by militants on the Russian-operated Khmeimim Air Base that also leaves the two perpetrators dead.[55]
22 May – Islamic State claims its first attack on Syrian government forces since the fall of the Assad regime, saying that it had killed or injured seven soldiers in a bomb attack in Al-Safa, Suwayda Governorate.[56]
9 June – The government imposes a conservative dress code for women on public beaches.[61]
12 June – One person is killed while seven others are captured in an Israeli raid on Beit Jinn to find Hamas militants.[62]
16 June – A court in Germany convicts Syrian doctor Alaa Mousa for crimes against humanity regarding the torture of dissidents in Assad regime-controlled military hospitals in Damascus and Homs during the Syrian Civil War.[63]
21 June – The government announces the arrest of Wassim Badi al-Assad, one of Bashar al-Assad's cousins, on charges including war crimes and drug trafficking.[64][65]
30 June – US President Donald Trump issues an executive order lifting sanctions imposed by the United States against Syria except those linked to the Assad family and their associates and related institutions.[68]
July
3 July –
The government unveils the new emblem of Syria, featuring a gold-coloured eagle, facing to its right, with three five-pointed stars arranged in an arc above its head.[69]
15 July – Southern Syria clashes: Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra announce a ceasefire effective after an agreement with the Druze leaders in Suwayda.[76] Following the announcement, the IDF conducts intensive airstrikes across Suwayda targeting equipment and convoys of the Syrian armed forces.[77][78]
Turkey opens a pipeline to facilitate the distribution of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria.[88]
The interim government and the SDF accuse each other of launching a rocket attack on a military position in Manbij that injures seven people.[89]
3 August – At least one person is killed in renewed clashes between Druze militias and government forces in Suwayda Governorate.[90]
4 August – Clashes break out between the SDF and armed groups associated with the government in Dayr Hafir, Aleppo Governorate.[91]
6 August – The government signs investment agreements with international investors valued at $14 billion, including for the expansion of Damascus International Airport and the construction of a subway system in Damascus.[92]
12 August – A government soldier is killed during clashes with the SDF in Aleppo Governorate.[93]
14 August – A petition is submitted to Syria’s interior ministry by foreign fighters and other foreigners seeking Syrian citizenship, led by U.S.-born journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem.[94]
17 August – A suicide bomber detonates an explosive belt in Aleppo’s al-Maysar neighbourhood, near a bakery. The attacker is killed, but no other casualties are reported.[97]
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