# 2025 in Syria

Events in the year 2025 in Syria.

## Incumbents

* President: Vacant (until 29 January); Ahmad al-Sharaa (since 29 January)
* Vice President: Vacant
* Prime Minister: Mohammed al-Bashir

## Events

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

### January

* 7 January – International flights resume from Damascus International Airport for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime.
* 15 January – Three people are killed in an Israeli strike on Ghadir al-Bustan, Quneitra Governorate.
* 16 January – Spain reopens its embassy in Damascus after a 13-year closure caused by the Syrian civil war.
* 20 January – A French court issues an arrest warrant against former president Bashar al-Assad for the 2017 killing of a dual French-Syrian national in a bombing in Deraa.
* 21 January –
** Syrian authorities restore control over the port of Tartus, abrogating a 2019 agreement that granted a 49-year contract for the Russian firm Stroytransgaz to operate it.
** The Syrian transitional government revokes a 2017 agreement that granted a 49-year lease for the Russian Navy to operate the Tartus naval base.
* 23 January – The Russian spy vessel Kidin is reported to have caught fire off the Syrian coast.
* 29 January –
** The Syrian General Command formally appoints Ahmed al-Sharaa as president.
* 31 January – The US military says it had killed Muhammad Salah al-Zabir, a senior operative of the al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din in an airstrike near Batabo in northwestern Syria.

### February

* 1 February – Four people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.
* 3 February – Twenty people are killed in a car bombing in Manbij.
* 4 February – Mohammad al-Shaar, a former interior minister under the Assad regime, surrenders to the transitional authorities.
* 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.
* 20 February – Seven people are killed in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance stored inside a house in Al-Nayrab.
* 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.
* 24 February –
** The European Union suspends sanctions against Syria targeting its energy and transport sectors as part of efforts to encourage political reform.
** The Syrian National Dialogue Conference begins in Damascus as part of political transition efforts.
* 25 February – The Israel Defense Forces launch airstrikes on military installations outside Damascus and in Daraa Governorate, killing at least two people.

### March

* 6 March – Thirteen police officers are killed in an ambush by Assad loyalists in Jableh, near Latakia.
* 9 March – March 2025 Western Syria clashes: Over 1,300 people are killed over the course of 72 hours amid ongoing clashes between the transitional government and pro-Assad forces. At least 973 Alawites, Christians, and civilians of other religious minorities are killed in reprisal massacres by alleged transitional government-associated armed forces.
* 11 March – The Syrian Democratic Forces sign an agreement to integrate its soldiers and institutions into the transitional government.
* 12 March – The transitional government announces the formation of a National Security Council to be chaired by President al-Sharaa.
* 13 March –
** The IDF carries out an airstrike in Damascus, killing one person.
** President al-Sharaa ratifies an interim constitution valid for five years.
* 15 March – Sixteen people are killed in an explosion caused by the mishandling of unexploded ordnance by a scrap dealer inside a residential building in Latakia.

## Holidays

Source:
* 1 January – New Year's Day
* 21 March – Mother's Day
* 29–31 March - Eid al-Fitr
* 17 April - Independence Day
* 20 April - Gregorian Easter
* 1 May – Labour Day
* 5 May - Julian Easter
* 6 May – Martyrs' Day
* 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha
* 26 June – Islamic New Year
* 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
* 6 October - Tishreen Liberation War Day
* 8 December - Syrian revolution Day
* 25 December - Christmas Day

## Deaths

* 6 January - Sarya Abdulkarim Al-Rifa'i [ar], 77, Islamic scholar.