2024 in Syria

Events in the year 2024 in Syria

Incumbents

 * President: Bashar al-Assad
 * Vice President: Najah al-Attar
 * Prime Minister: Hussein Arnous

January

 * 20 January – Assassination of Sadegh Omidzadeh: Israel launches four rockets against a residential building in Damascus, killing four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and another person.

February

 * 1 February – According to American officials, American plans have been approved for multi-day strikes in Iraq and Syria against multiple targets, including Iranian personnel and facilities.
 * 2 February – February 2024 American strikes in Iraq and Syria:
 * The US launches retaliatory airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, in response to an attack that killed three US troops in Jordan.
 * 5 February – A drone attack against a U.S. military base in Deir ez-Zor Governorate kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces fighters and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility.
 * 25 February – Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr.

March

 * 1 March – An Israeli airstrike in Baniyas kills three people, including an IRGC field commander.
 * 16 March – At least 16 truffle hunters including nine women are killed in a landmine explosion in northern Raqqa. The mine is suspected to have been planted by Islamic State.
 * 17 March – Israel launches airstrikes in southern Syria. The Syrian state media agency SANA reports that the strikes result in a soldier being wounded and few "material losses".
 * 26 March – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) bombs Syria, killing one Quds Force officer and 15 other militants.
 * 29 March – An Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport kills 36 Syrian soldiers and six Hezbollah fighters. The incident marks the deadliest Israeli attack on Syria since 2021.

April

 * 1 April – 2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus: An Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Damascus kills eight members of the IRGC, including brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
 * 6 April – Seven children are killed in Daraa Governorate when a roadside bomb explodes.
 * 19 April – Missiles believed to be fired by the IDF allegedly hit sites near the Iranian city of Isfahan, sites in Iraq and radar sites in Syria.

May

 * 2 May – Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April.
 * 25 May – One person is killed in a car bombing in Mezzeh, Damascus.

June

 * 6 June – A school bus plunges into the Orontes River near Darkush, Idlib Governorate, killing at least six children.
 * 11 June – Iraqi security forces in cooperation with U.S.-led coalition forces kill Abu Zainab, a senior member of Islamic State in Raqqa.
 * 12 June – Sixteen Syrian soldiers, including an officer, are killed in Homs Governorate in a minefield laid by Islamic State militants and in an attack by the Islamic State.
 * 18 June – An Israeli airstrike kills a Syrian army officer in southern Syria.
 * 20 June – A court in Sweden acquits former Syrian army general Mohammed Hamo on charges of aiding and abetting crimes against international law during the Syrian Civil War.

July

 * 1 July – Seven people are killed after anti-Turkish protests break out in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots in Turkey a day earlier.
 * 3 July – Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria.
 * 4 July – The Islamic State kills eight people, including two civilians, in an ambush on pro-government militiamen in the Badiya desert.
 * 5 July – Luna al-Shibl, a special adviser to President Assad and concurrent director of his political and media offices, dies from injuries sustained in a car accident on 2 July.
 * 9 July – Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing two Israelis.
 * 14 July – A Syrian soldier is killed and three others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Kafr Sousa district of Damascus and other areas in southern Syria.
 * 15 July:
 * 2024 Syrian parliamentary election.
 * Muhammad Baraa Katerji, a businessman who is also an associate of President Bashar al-Assad, is killed along with his assistant in a Israeli drone strike near Al-Sabboura.
 * 16 July – Former governor of Deir ez-Zor Governorate and director of the Adra Prison Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles, California. Al-Sheikh has been accused of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor.

Holidays
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 * 1 January – New Year's Day
 * 8 March – Revolution Day
 * 21 March – Mother's Day
 * 31 March - Gregorian Easter
 * 10 April - Eid al-Fitr
 * 17 April - Independence Day
 * 1 May – Labour Day
 * 5 May - Julian Easter
 * 6 May – Martyrs' Day
 * 16 June – Eid al-Adha
 * 7 July – Islamic New Year
 * 15 September – The Prophet's Birthday
 * 6 October - Tishreen Liberation War Day
 * 25 December - Christmas Day

Deaths

 * 1 January – Riad al-Turk, 93, Syrian political dissident.