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List of events
Events in the year
2023
in
Syria
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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.
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- 6 February ?
2023 Turkey?Syria earthquakes
- 10 February ? The death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has passed 23,000.
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- 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
.
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