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List of events
Events in the year
2023 in
Syria
Incumbents
Events
For events related to the
civil war , see
Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2023)
22 January – At least 13 people are killed when a five-story
building collapses in
Aleppo , due to a leaking of water in the building's foundation.
[2]
6 February –
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
10 February – The death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has passed 23,000.[
citation needed ]
17 February –
Islamic State gunmen
massacre 68 people in
Al-Sukhnah in
Homs Governorate , including 61 civilians who were truffle hunting.
23 February – Fifteen people are killed and 40 others are kidnapped in
Hama Governorate during an
ambush on
truffle hunters by
Islamic State members.
[3]
29 March –
Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad reshuffles the
government 's cabinet amid
an increase in prices and shortages of food due to the severe
economic situation the country , which was worsened by
the recent earthquake .
9 April – Eight people are killed after a
land mine planted by
Islamic State members explodes in
Deir ez-Zor .
[4]
16 April – At least 36 people are killed after Islamic State fighters
attack a group of truffle hunters in
Hama Governorate .
[5]
16 April – 5 shepherds are killed when Islamic State gunmen open fire at them in
Deir ez-Zor .
[5]
10 August – Emergence of the
10th August movement of renewed civil protest against the government.
[6]
17 August – Start of general strike and
2023 Syrian protests .
[6]
22 September –
President
Bashar al-Assad visits China, meets with China's President
Xi Jinping , and signs a strategic partnership with China on infrastructure as part of China's
Belt and Road Initiative .
[7]
12 October – Syria says Israel has launched
airstrikes on
Damascus International Airport and
Aleppo International Airport .
Air defences were activated in response to the attacks.
[8]
25 October – The
Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes on "military infrastructure" of the
Syrian Armed Forces in
Daraa Governorate , killing eight
Syrian soldiers and injuring seven others.
[9]
27 October – The
U.S. military says that it has conducted
airstrikes on
Iran -backed targets in Syria linked to the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .
[10]
8 November – At least 30 pro-
government
militia forces and
soldiers are killed in a series of attacks by the
Islamic State (IS) near the cities of
Deir ez-Zor ,
Homs , and
Raqqa , with
Russian
airstrikes targeting the IS positions in response.
[11]
8 December – Syria says an Israeli
airstrike has killed four people in a vehicle in
Madinat al-Baath ,
Quneitra Governorate . Local media reports the victims were affiliated with
Iran -backed militias. Shortly after the airstrike, rocket sirens are triggered in Israel's
Galilee region.
[12]
12 December – Several drug dealers and a
soldier are killed during a
shootout at Jordan's
border with
Syria .
[13]
17 December –
Syrian military
shelling in
Aleppo Governorate kills six civilians in
Darat Izza and two civilians in Abzimou.
[14]
25 December – High-ranking
Iranian general
Sayyed Razi Mousavi is killed in an
Israeli
airstrike in Syria.
[15]
30 December – Four
Hezbollah members and two other
militants are killed during three
airstrikes at Syria's
border with
Iraq .
[16]
Deaths
References