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Independance
In 1944 they proclaimed themselves an independant nation. Even though they had declared independence French troops were still present causing tensions and bloodshed. The French were forced out of Syria in 1946 -
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Syria Timeline
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Socialist Baath party founded
Michel Aflaq and Salah-al-Din al-Bitar founded the group.Was one of the main political parties within Syria.Later dissolved and then reinstituted after revolutions. controlled Syria for short periods of time and always had power -
Adib a-Shishakhli Seizes power
He obtained power after the third military coup within that year. He decided to dissolve all political parties. He beleived in "one man rule". this beleif eventually led to his downfall. He used his power to create a new constitution establishing a presidential form of Gov. -
Central treaty organization
Syria and Egypt both joined a coalition with the USSR. Syria needed both economic and military assistance and the USSR provided them with it. Without their assistance Syria would have collapsed. -
Joined United Arab Republic
In order to counterbalance soviet influence Sryia decided to join United Arab Republic with Egypt. They wanted to promote Arab unity but Egypt became to dominant and eventually Syria left the Republic -
Five year economic plans instituted
The government realized they needed to do something about the struggling economy and decided to create their own version of five year plans. these plans assisted in the rebuilding economic process throughout the next few decades -
Arab Israeli war of June 1967
Syria and Israeli's had many conflicts and this just added to the the Syrians hatred towards the Israeli's. The Syrians were defeated once again and the Israeli's took more land from them. This created an even stronger anti israeli stance -
Syria becomes major oil exporter
In 1968 Syria began using their very valuable resource to fix the economy. Oil was a resource that every country wanted and Syria had plenty of it. By selling this resource they were able to make a big step towards escaping their economic crisis -
1973 Constitution
Assad instituted a new Constitution in 1973 during his term as president. This Constitution gave him more powers and also stated that the president had to be Muslim. the Ba ath party still continued dominating the nation though. -
Syria -Israeli agreement
The United States along with the UN assisted them in ending the fighting. They came to an agreement where Israeli's returned land they had previously gained. Both nations had enough of each other and needed a break from the fighting. This was a small step towards a peace process. -
Muslim Brotherhood attacks
The Muslim brotherhood was a group of religious and political radicals who opposed Assad. They attempted to assassinate Assad because they were unhappy with how he was ruling and beleived he was leading an atheist regime.They also killed numerous amounts of civilians -
Industrial revolution ******
Syria was facing difficult economic issues and needed some form of income. The idea of and agricultural and industrial revolution was passed around and everyone agreed that this could work. they used their raw material and natural resources to create products for exportation. These revolutions were contributing factors in bringing the nation out of an economic crisis. This also provided the citizens with jobs allowing them to have a source of income. This was the one thing the citizens enjoyed. -
Madrid Peace conference
This was an international peace conference for the Middle East. Was not very successful because Israeli's were not willing to give back land. They eventually decided to return some of the land but wanted to talk first. -
Protests
The people within Syria are becoming tired of their leader and are protesting that he should be demoted. The people are trying very hard to eliminate their leader and feel they deserve more rights and better life styles -
Civilian Youth revolution
Groups of young revolutuionaries are unhappy with the Assad regime and are fighting for change. They are demanding reforms and feel like they are not being given the rights they deserve
