1980 in Syria

Decades:	1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s;
See also:	History of Syria; Timeline of Syrian history; List of years in Syria;

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Syria.

Incumbents

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

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

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States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Palestine Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands