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2025 in Syria

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Events in the year 2025 in Syria.

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

January

February

  • 1 February – Four people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.[11]
  • 3 February – Twenty people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.[12]
  • 4 February – Mohammad al-Shaar, a former interior minister under the Assad regime, surrenders to the transitional authorities.[13]
  • 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.[10]
  • 20 February – Seven people are killed in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance stored inside a house in Al-Nayrab.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • 24 February –
  • 25 February – The Israel Defense Forces launch airstrikes on military installations outside Damascus and in Daraa Governorate, killing at least two people.[18]

March

April

  • 3 April – At least 13 people are killed in a series of airstrikes and ground attacks by the IDF across Syria.[38]
  • 4 April – The SDF withdraws from the Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo as part of an agreement with the transitional government.[39]
  • 10 April – Syria and South Korea establish diplomatic relations for the first time.[40]
  • 12 April – The SDF withdraws from the Tishrin Dam as part of an agreement with the transitional government.[41]
  • 18 April – U.S. Congressmen Cory Mills and Marlin Stutzman visit Syria to meet with government officials and religious leaders.[42]
  • 24 April –
  • 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,[45] which is finalized on 16 May.[46]
  • 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.[47]
  • 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.[48]

May

June

  • 2 June –
    • The Damascus Securities Exchange opens for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime.[58]
    • The transitional government and the SDF conduct a prisoner exchange that sees the release of 470 people in Aleppo.[59]
  • 3 June – Israel launches airstrikes on Daraa Governorate in response to rocket attacks on the Golan Heights.[60]
  • 7 June – The government announces the closure of the Rukban refugee camp.[61]
  • 9 June – The government imposes a conservative dress code for women on public beaches.[62]
  • 12 June – One person is killed while seven others are captured in an Israeli raid on Beit Jinn to find Hamas militants.[63]
  • 16 June – A court in Germany convicts Syrian doctor Alaa Mousa for crimes against humanity regarding the torture of dissidents in Assad regime-controlled military hospitals in Damascus and Homs during the Syrian Civil War.[64]
  • 21 June – The government announces the arrest of Wassim Badi al-Assad, one of Bashar al-Assad's cousins, on charges including war crimes and drug trafficking.[65][66]
  • 22 June – At least 25 people are killed in a suicide bombing during a Sunday service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in Damascus that is blamed on Islamic State[67] and claimed by Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah.[68]
  • 30 June – US President Donald Trump issues an executive order lifting sanctions imposed by the United States against Syria except those linked to the Assad family and their associates and related institutions.[69]

July

August

September

October

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Holidays

In September 2025, President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a presidential decree defining the country’s official holidays, removing March 8 Revolution Day, Teachers’ Day, Tishreen Liberation War Day and Martyrs' Day from the list.[116][117] The decree introduces two new official holidays: the anniversary of Syrian Revolution Day on 18 March and Liberation Day on 8 December, which commemorates the fall of the Assad regime.[118]

Deaths

  • 6 January – Sarya Abdulkarim al-Rifa'i [ar], 77, Islamic scholar.[119]
  • 15 May – Adeeb Kaddoura [ar], 76, Syrian-Palestinian actor.[120]
  • 19 May – Fadwa Mohsen [ar], 87, actress.[121]
  • 14 June – Hajj Ghafil al-Ahmad al-Yassin, 82, Free Syrian Army fighter.[122]
  • 1 August – Maabad al-Hassoun, 68, writer.[123]
  • 3 August – Diala al-Wadi, actress.[124]

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