Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria since 2000
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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. |
| May 2023 | Syria participated in the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) summit in Chengdu, marking its first participation as an Arab League member since 2011. |
| May 19 2023 | Assad met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the Arab League summit, discussing bilateral relations and regional developments. |
| May 9 2023 | Saudi Arabia and Syria mutually decided to resume work of their diplomatic missions, which had been suspended since November 2011. |
| 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. |
| March 2023 | Assad visited Moscow and officially declared support for Russian military programs, including potential establishment of additional military bases and deployment of more Russian troops in Syria. |
| 2022 | Hamas and Assad reconciled and resumed diplomatic ties after previous tensions. |
| 2022 | Syria joined China's Belt and Road Initiative, expanding economic cooperation between the two countries. |
| 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.' |
| 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. |
| June 2020 | Syria was among 53 countries that supported the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations. |
| February 25 2018 | An Egyptian delegation, including members of the Islamic and Arab Assembly for supporting Resistance and Future Pioneers movement, visited the Syrian consulate in Cairo to express solidarity with the Syrian government. |
| August 2017 | The Saudi foreign minister informed the Syrian opposition that the Kingdom was disengaging from them. |
| 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. |
| February 2017 | Egypt's Foreign Ministry confirmed its rejection of any military intervention that would violate Syrian sovereignty, as expressed by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry during a meeting with UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura. |
| 2016 | Assad's mother Anisa Makhlouf dies in Damascus |
| December 2016 | Assad celebrated the 'liberation' of Aleppo, marking a turning point in the civil war as government forces retook half the city. |
| November 2016 | Arab media outlets reported Egyptian pilots arrived in Syria to help the Syrian government fight against the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front, though the Egyptian government officially denied military presence. |
| August 2016 | Turkey began its military occupation of northern Syria, which would continue in subsequent years. |
| 2015 | Al-Nusra Front issued a multi-million dollar bounty for the killing of Assad. |
| 2015 | Western government officials accused Assad of being in partnership with ISIS, alleging joint operation of a gas plant in Tabqah and facilitation of electricity and grain supplies between government and ISIS-held areas. |
| November 2015 | Bashar al-Assad condemned the Paris terrorist attacks while simultaneously criticizing France's foreign policy, accusing the country of contributing to terrorism through its support of Syrian opposition groups. He refused to share intelligence on terrorist threats with French authorities unless France changed its stance on Syria. |
| 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. |
| May 2015 | US forces killed Abu Sayyaf, an ISIS oil boss, in a raid revealing potential investment relationships between ISIS leadership and businessmen linked to Assad's government. |
| May 2015 | Lebanese politician Michel Samaha was sentenced to jail for his role in a terrorist bomb plot that he claimed Assad was aware of. |
| 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. |
| March 8 2015 | Assad hosted a North Korean delegation led by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sin Hong Chol, during which he claimed Syria and North Korea were being 'targeted' because of their independence. |
| 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 2013 | ISIS, al-Nusra Front, and affiliated jihadist groups launched an offensive on Alawite villages in Latakia Governorate, massacring pro-government Alawite civilians. |
| August 21 2013 | A notable chemical weapons attack carried out by Assad's forces occurred in Ghouta. |
| July 2013 | Diplomatic relations between Syria and Egypt were restored after Morsi's government was deposed by General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, with both countries agreeing to reopen their respective consulates in Damascus and Cairo. |
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