Syria

Syria

2400 BC – See 1974

0000 – Jesus Christ was born and lived.

40 AD – Muslims called Jesus Christ ISA the prophet. By 40 AD the centre of the Christian faith became Antioch, on the border of what is now Syria and Turkey. The followers of the way were first called Christians. (The Middle East ©2006 C Catherwood).

632-651 – Muhammeds death in 632, the entire Arabic peninsula was under Muslim control. Califs between 633 and 651, most of the Middle East, the Muslim crescent. (Gods assassins ©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

9 Aug 1138 – Rapture ready. Aleppo earthquake 230,000 people dead.

Aug 1176 – Sultan Saladin, siege to Syrian stronghold of Masyaf. Syrian leader Sinan. (Gods assassins ©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

1192 – Acre in Syria surrendered to Richard in 1192 on condition that he gave its Turkish garrison safe passage. Once the city was in Christian hands 2,700 Turks were beheaded. (Gods assassins (c)2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

5 July 1201 – Timeline of earthquakes. 1.1 million people were killed in Syria.

18 May 1291 – The city of Acre was a crusader port in Syria. Sultan Qalawun, Mamluk army, Muslims and Christians. Acre was the last crusaders stronghold in the Middle East. The Mamluks were Islamic warrior slaves. (Gods assassins ©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

22 Jan 1837 – Timeline of earthquakes. Thousands of people were killed in Syria.

22 Jan 1837 – An earthquake in southern Syria killed thousands of people. Timeline internet.

1943 – Baath party, movement of Arab resistance was formed in Damascus by Michel Aflaq and Sala al Din Bitar. They supported the Rashid Ali pro German regime in Iraq, which set up a fascist background to the party.

1965 – Cuba welcomed the founding of the PLO. First contacts with Palestinian Fatah in 1965 in Algiers and Damascus.

Aug 1969 – TWA flight 840 Rome to Athens was hijacked to Damascus. It was  destroyed after the hostages were freed.

29 Aug 1969 – A TWA airliner from LA was hijacked to Damascus. Two Palestinians were not brought to trial.

Early 1970s – While building a revolutionary movement in Iran. The exiled Ayatollah Khomeini supported the PLO and al Fatah brigades. He funded and trained militant groups in Syria with Syrian aid on Syrian soil. Shiite Muslims supported the groups, which were dominated by Sunnis under protection of a left wing dictatorship.

May 1970 to Jan 1971 – In May 1970 the Tapline, an oil pipeline running from Saudi Arabia to the port of Sidon in Lebanon, was damaged in Syrian territory. Syria refused to allow the Tapline to be repaired. The oil did not flow for 8 months until Jan 1971. The shortage of less than half a million barrels a day to Europe was felt. And for the first time in oil history prices increased. (Yamani ©1988 J Robinson).

July 1972 – Sadat expelled the Russians from Egypt. Moscow was still able to strengthen ties with Syria and Iraq. (Arms bazaar ©1977 Sampson).

1973-75 – Cuba provided military support and personel to Syria during the Yom Kippur war.

17 Dec 1973 – A hijacked plane from Italy to Greece, flew to Damascus, where it stopped for 2 hours for fuel and food, it then flew to Kuwait.

1974 – Library and collection of written knowledge at Ebla in northern Syria, which was discovered by Italian archeologists in 1974. More than 16,000 clay tablets were found buried in ruins, which date back to 2400 BC. Tablets in Sumerian and Semitic script, records. (A history of info storage and retrieval. Foster Stockwell ©2001 US).

1974-78 – Two Soviet arms recipients, Syria and Iraq, account for $8.6 billion or 84% of Soviet arms sent to the Middle east region.

8 July 1977 – A Kuwait airways Boeing 707 from Beirut to Kuwait was hijacked to Syria.

1980 – Syria signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Russian Kremlin in late 1980. Syria could get the Soviet Union’s latest and best weapons. Syria has no oil wealth, with which to purchase Soviet arms. Syria predates Iraq as a Soviet client, recipient of military supplies from the Soviet Union.

11 Jan 1980 – Albert Stern.  Cautious visit with Syrian Jews. Cleveland Jewish news p15. Info on the treatment of Jews in Arab lands.

1982 – Four Arab countries account for more than 70% of Soviet arms exports to the Middle East region. With Iraq and Syria far in the lead.

2000 – The US imposed sanctions against North Korea’s Ch’angguang Shinyong company, for selling missile tech to Syria. (Bill Gates. China, N Korea hit with Sanctions. Washington Times 28 June 2001).

5 June 2000 – China is assisting Syria and Iran to develop advanced missiles, missile engines and guidance systems. (Ross Dunn. Beijing helping Syria with missiles. The Times UK. 5 June 2000).

Aug 2000 to Sept 2001 – The CIA said Syria continues to work towards developing and producing a solid propellent rocket motor capability. North Korea and Russia continue to provide equipment and assistance for Syria’s liquid propellant missile program. The CIA also said Syria continues towards building liquid fuelled Scud-C missiles with assistance from North Korea. (Anthony H Cordesman. Weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Centre for strategic and int studies 15 April 2003).

17 Dec 2004 – Thomas E Ricks. General, Iraqi insurgents are directed from Syria. Washington Post 17 Dec 2004.

23 July 2006 – Iran’s charge d’affairs in Syria. IRNA reports and RFE/RL. Ghazanfar Roknabadi.

26 July 2006 – Supreme national security council secretary Ali Larijani arrived in Damascus late on 26 July 2006. Nehr news agency and Reuters reported. He is there to discuss regional developments with Syrian officials. Larijani is also to meet with Hezbollah secretary general Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. Reports on 27 July 2006 said.

5 Aug 2006 – Ali Akbar Mohatashemi, former Iranian ambassador to Syria and the founder of Hezbollah, Mohtashemi was one of Ayatollah Khomeni’s students.

27 Nov 2006 – Two French men were expelled from Syria, they were under investigation for suspected terrorist links.

10 Sept 2007 – The Iraqi foreign ministry said that starting on 10 Sept 2007 Syria will require visas for Iraqis coming to Syria for economic trade or education. AP reported. Syrian foreign minister Walid al Moualem told Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari by phone on 30 Aug 2007. (Stratfor intel summary 31 Aug 2007).

24 Nov 2011 – Report Russian has sent Syria super advanced S-300 missiles and has sent advisors. By David Lev. Arutz Sheva Israel national news.

2 Dec 2011 – Reuters Geneva. UN urges action in Syria. Russia and China object, by Stephanie Nebahay.

8 Dec 2011 – Reuters. Syria not in civil war but situation grave. ICRC.

9 Dec 2011 – CNN Massacre feared brewing in the Syrian city of Homs.

9 Dec 2011 – Washington Post. Red Cross halts some monitoring inside Syria by Joby Warrick and Liz Sly. Detainees inside Syria.

10 Dec 2011 – 10 people are dead as Syrian opposition warns of massacre. AFP. Sydney Morning Herald. Protests in Homs.

12 Oct 2012 – Biden admits that US Pres Obama is arming the Muslim Brotherhood to take over Syria. Frontpage mag. By Daniel Greenfield.

11 Nov 2012 – Israel fired a warning missile after Syrian members strike Golan. Radio free Europe. Radio liberty. Reuters. AP. AFP.

11 Sept 2014 – al Qaeda plots 9/11. Twitchy.com. Abu Sulayman al Muhajir was a muslim preacher from Australia and now is a leader of al Qaeda in Syria.

27 Oct 2014 – al-Baath party official meets the Fearab Venezuela delegation. Syrian Arab news agency SANA. Al-Baath Arab Socialist party, Venezuela.

31 Oct 2014 – Syrian air strikes kill over 200 civilians in ten days. Firstpost. Bombing by the Syrian air force in ten days killed at least 221 civilians, a third of them children.

3 Dec 2014 – Blowback from the foreign jihadists. Daily Times Pakistan. More than 15,000 foreign jihadists from 80 counties are in Syria fighting.

Jan 2015 – Superbad. ISIS and al Qaeda. Daily Beast. AQAP. Islamic State ISIS and al Qaeda.

9 Jan 2015 – British M15 chief says Syrian terror groups are plotting to attack the UK. SMN weekly. 600 British militants who went to Syria joined ISIS. Al Qaeda in Syria.

9 Jan 2015 – al Qaeda ISIS militants in Syria are plotting attacks on the West. Warns British intel M15. International business Times, Indian edition. NBC news.

9 Jan 2015 – Fanatics set their sights on Britain. Daily Mail Glasgow Scotland. Al Qaeda plotters in Syria are planning mass attacks.

9 Jan 2015 – Cape Times South Africa. Militant al Qaeda have blown up a 13^th century tomb in Syria.

10 Jan 2015 – A Syrian based cell of al Qaeda. Complex terror plots against the west. M15 says. Independent UK. Sky news. Yahoo and Fox news.

11 Jan 2015 – al Qaeda is plotting massive deadly attacks on the West. British M15 chief says. Fox news. Al Qaeda militants from Pakistan went to Syria. British militants to attack the UK. Sky reported. 600 British militants went to Syria to join ISIS.

14 Jan 2015  - Nusra inches closer to Idlib airport. The Daily Star Beirut Lebanon. Al Qaeda in Syria on the outskirts of the Abu Dhuhur.

14 Jan 2015 – Govt tried to hush up leaks about shipments to Syria and ban the internet. Cihan news agency CND. Arms shipments by Turkish spy agency to opposition groups in Syria, including al Qaeda.

14 Jan 2015 – Syrian Nusr executed a woman for adultery. Al Arab London UK. Beirut. Al Qaeda linked public execution of a woman accused of adultery in northern Syria.

16 Jan 2015 – US Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to Syria. Cyprus Mail. Colonel Steve Warren.

16 Jan 2015 – Italian hostage release raises questions about ransom. Cyprus Mail. Italian media and Arab report, 12 million Euros or $14 million may have been paid to al Qaeda in Syria, the Nusra front.

19 Jan 2015 – Death of Iranian general in Syria.. Israeli conflict with Hezbollah. Haaretz.

23 Jan 2015 – ISIS goes east, 300 Chinese Jihadis via Malaysia. (Arutz Sheva. Israeli news. Ari Yashar).