2025 in Syria

Events in the year 2025 in Syria.

Ahmed al-Sharaa
President of Syria

• De facto leader of Syria: Ahmed al-Sharaa (until 29 January); President: Ahmed al-Sharaa (since 29 January)
• Prime Minister: Mohammed al-Bashir (until 29 March)

For events related to the civil war, see Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2025)

• 7 January – International flights resume from Damascus International Airport for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime.
• 15 January – Three people are killed in an Israeli strike on Ghadir al-Bustan, Quneitra Governorate.
• 16 January – Spain reopens its embassy in Damascus after a 13-year closure caused by the Syrian civil war.
• 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.
• 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.
  • The Syrian caretaker government revokes a 2017 agreement that granted a 49-year lease for the Russian Navy to operate the Tartus naval base.
• 23 January – The Russian spy vessel Kidin is reported to have caught fire off the Syrian coast.
• 29 January –
  • The Syrian General Command formally appoints Ahmed al-Sharaa as president.
• 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.

• 1 February – Four people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.
• 3 February – Twenty people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.
• 4 February – Mohammad al-Shaar, a former interior minister under the Assad regime, surrenders to the transitional authorities.
• 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.
• 20 February – Seven people are killed in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance stored inside a house in Al-Nayrab.
• 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.
• 24 February –
  • The European Union suspends sanctions against Syria targeting its energy and transport sectors as part of efforts to encourage political reform.
  • The Syrian National Dialogue Conference begins in Damascus as part of political transition efforts.
• 25 February – The Israel Defense Forces launch airstrikes on military installations outside Damascus and in Daraa Governorate, killing at least two people.

• 6 March –
  • Thirteen police officers are killed in an ambush by Assad loyalists in Jableh, near Latakia.
  • The United Kingdom lifts sanctions on 24 Syrian financial entities, including the Central Bank of Syria.
• 9 March – March 2025 Western Syria clashes: Over 1,300 people are killed over the course of 72 hours amid ongoing clashes between the caretaker government and pro-Assad forces. At least 973 Alawites, Christians, and civilians of other religious minorities are killed in reprisal massacres by alleged caretaker government-associated armed forces.
• 10 March – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sign an agreement to integrate its soldiers and institutions into the caretaker government.
• 12 March – The caretaker government announces the formation of a National Security Council to be chaired by President al-Sharaa.
• 13 March –
  • The IDF carries out an airstrike in Damascus, killing one person.
  • President al-Sharaa ratifies an interim constitution valid for five years.
• 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.
• 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.
• 17 March – The IDF carries out an airstrike in Daraa, killing three people.
• 20 March – Germany reopens its embassy in Damascus after a 13-year closure caused by the Syrian civil war.
• 25 March – Five people are killed by IDF shelling in Kuwayya, Daraa Governorate.
• 27 March – Maysaa Sabreen resigns from her post as governor of the Central Bank of Syria, three months into her mandate, and Abdulkader Husrieh is appointed to succeed her.
• 29 March – The Syrian transitional government is announced by President al-Sharaa at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Damascus. The government replaces the Syrian caretaker government, which was formed following the fall of the Assad regime.
• 31 March – Four people are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on the village of Haref Nemra outside Baniyas.

• 3 April – At least 13 people are killed in a series of airstrikes and ground attacks by the IDF across Syria.
• 4 April – The SDF withdraws from the Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo as part of an agreement with the transitional government.
• 10 April – Syria and South Korea establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
• 12 April – The SDF withdraws from the Tishrin Dam as part of an agreement with the transitional government.
• 18 April – U.S. Congressmen Cory Mills and Marlin Stutzman visit Syria to meet with government officials and religious leaders.
• 24 April –
  • The United Kingdom lifts sanctions on 12 Syrian government agencies, including the defence and interior ministries and the General Intelligence Directorate.
  • Essam al-Buwaydhani, the leader of the former rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, is arrested in the United Arab Emirates.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 2 May – Israel carries out an airstrike near the Presidential Palace in Damascus.

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 21 March – Mother's Day
• 29–31 March - Eid al-Fitr
• 17 April - Independence Day
• 20 April - Gregorian Easter
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 5 May - Julian Easter
• 6 May – Martyrs' Day
• 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha
• 26 June – Islamic New Year
• 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
• 6 October - Tishreen Liberation War Day
• 8 December - Syrian revolution Day
• 25 December - Christmas Day

• 6 January - Sarya Abdulkarim Al-Rifa'i [ar], 77, Islamic scholar.

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