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Events relating to syria
Hafiz al-Assad dies and is succeeded by his son Bashar as president of Syria
Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri is killed when a massive bomb is detonated as his car passes in Beirut
Following local and international pressure after the death of Rafik Hariri, Syria withdraws the last of its troops from Lebanon
Hezbollah takes two Israeli soldiers hostage, provoking the renewal of air and rocket warfare on the Israel-Lebanon border
Protests begin in Syria, rising over the following months to the level of an uprising as demands for Bashar al-Assad to resign are met with increasing brutality
In response to the continuing uprising the Syrian government launches an attack with tanks against several of the country's cities, in particular Hama
Russia and China use their Security Council veto to block a UN resolution to end the violence in Syria
The UN declares that the violence in Syria has become civil war
Russia and China again veto a UN Security Council attempt to apply economic sanctions on Syria
Israel makes the first of two air strikes into Syria, targeting arsenals of the terrorist group Hezbollah
The European Union lifts the ban on providing arms to the rebels in Syria
Syrian government and rebels blame each other when a nerve gas attack kills more than 600 people in Saqba, a suburb of Damascus
The House of Commons defeats David Cameron on his plan to support US military intervention in Syria
President Obama declares his intention to intervene militarily in Syria but fails to get the approval of Congress
Syria accepts a joint Russian and US proposal that all their chemical weapons should be identified and destroyed within a very tight deadline
The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, famous for its remains of classical architecture, is captured by the Islamic State (ISIS)
Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet on the Turkish–Syrian border, in the first case of a NATO member destroying a Russian aircraft since the 1950s
