Ba'athism
Pan-Arabist and nationalist-socialist ideology
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| December 2024 | The U.S., Germany, France, and the UK urged for de-escalation in Syria amid renewed violence. |
| December 15 2024 | Assad stated in a Telegram message that he had visited a military base during the siege and had no intention of resigning. |
| December 8 2024 | As rebel troops entered Damascus, Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum by the Russian government, while Damascus fell to rebel forces. |
| December 7 2024 | Rebel forces captured the strategic city of Homs, cutting off Assad's regime from key coastal strongholds. |
| November 2024 | A coalition of Syrian rebels mounted several offensives against the country intending to oust Assad. |
| June 2024 | The Paris appeals court ruled that the international arrest warrant against Assad remains valid for alleged war crimes. |
| May 2024 | Assad attended the Arab League summit in Bahrain. |
| 2023 | Son Hafez graduates from Moscow State University with a master's thesis in number theory |
| November 2023 | Assad attended an Arab–Islamic extraordinary summit in Riyadh. |
| September 2023 | Attending the Asian Games opening ceremony, Assad met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to announce a strategic partnership. |
| May 2023 | Assad attended the Arab League summit in Jeddah, indicating a potential rejoining of Syria in regional politics. |
| March 2023 | Assad visited the United Arab Emirates, signaling a return to international diplomacy following years of isolation. |
| March 2023 | Assad visited the UAE and met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit. |
| June 2022 | Syria became the first country to recognize the independence of the breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| February 24 2022 | Assad praised the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a phone call with Putin, describing it as a 'correction of history.' |
| 2021 | Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed was the party leader during the National Assembly elections. |
| August 10 2021 | A new government, the Second Hussein Arnous government, was formed under Assad’s presidency. |
| May 26 2021 | Assad secured his fourth seven-year presidential term, winning 95.2% of the vote in elections widely described as a farce. |
| 2020 | Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri died. |
| 2018 | The Ba'ath Party participated in the National Assembly elections. |
| July 2017 | Assad's forces retake half of rebel-held Aleppo, ending a 6-year stalemate in the city. |
| July 2017 | Assad renews his third term of presidency after a voting process in pro-regime territories. |
| April 2017 | In response to a chemical attack attributed to his regime, President Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airbase. |
| 2016 | Assad's mother Anisa Makhlouf dies in Damascus |
| 2016 | The Iraqi parliament reiterated the 2003 ban on the Ba'ath Party. |
| December 2016 | Assad celebrated the 'liberation' of Aleppo, marking a turning point in the civil war as government forces retook half the city. |
| September 2015 | Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was providing serious help to the Assad government, amid bleak survival prospects for Assad. |
| September 30 2015 | Russia launched direct military intervention in Syria at the request of the Assad government, marking a turning point in the civil war. |
| April 2015 | Bashar al-Assad ordered the arrest of his cousin Munther al-Assad in Alzirah, Latakia, the reasons for which remain unclear. |
| March 14 2015 | An influential cousin of Assad, Mohammed Toufic al-Assad, was assassinated in a dispute over influence in Qardaha. |
| 2014 | The Ba'ath Party participated in the National Assembly elections. |
| July 2014 | Assad renewed his third term of presidency after a voting process conducted in pro-regime territories, which was boycotted by the opposition. |
| 2013 | Assad's mother Anisa Makhlouf leaves Syria to live in the United Arab Emirates |
| 2013 | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights directly implicated Assad in 'crimes against humanity'. |
| August 21 2013 | A notable chemical weapons attack carried out by Assad's forces occurred in Ghouta. |
| January 6 2013 | In a major speech, Assad attributed the conflict to external 'enemies' while expressing openness to a political solution. |
| 2012 | Assad's sister Bushra leaves Syria to live in the United Arab Emirates |
| July 2012 | Al-Douri published a videotaped speech condemning the existing Iraqi government and American interference, while expressing a desire to establish good relations with the United States after force withdrawal. |
| July 15 2012 | The International Committee of the Red Cross declared Syria to be in a state of civil war amid rising death tolls. |
| February 27 2012 | Syria claimed that a proposal for a new constitution received 90% support during a referendum, which was subsequently deemed meaningless by foreign nations. |
| January 2012 | By the end of January, it was reported that over 5,000 civilians and protesters had been killed by government forces. |
| January 10 2012 | Assad maintained that the uprising was engineered by foreign countries and proclaimed that 'victory [was] near' during a speech. |
| January 2 2012 | The Organizations of Central Euphrates and the South (OCES) issued a statement condemning sectarianism within the Ba'ath Party, specifically criticizing al-Douri's faction's leadership structure. |
| 2011 | Assad's deadly crackdown on Arab Spring protesters escalated into the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. |
| October 2011 | Russia begins repeatedly vetoing Western-sponsored UN Security Council draft resolutions that could lead to sanctions or military intervention against Assad's government. |
| August 18 2011 | President Obama urged Assad to step aside, marking a significant moment in the international stance towards his regime. |
| July 2011 | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton states that Assad has 'lost legitimacy' as president. |
| June 2011 | Assad promised a national dialogue and urged refugees to return home from Turkey, blaming the unrest on a small group of saboteurs. |
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