Cold War & Nasserism
22 events
- 30 March 1949Coup in SyriaOn 30 March 1949 Husni al-Zaim led the first military coup in Syria and overthrew the government of Shukri al-Quwatli;…
- 23 July 1952Nasser's revolution in EgyptOn 23 July 1952 the Free Officers, led by Mohammed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser, overthrew King Farouk. Nasser's rise…
- 24 February 1955The Baghdad PactAgainst the Soviet Union (Iran, America, Britain, Iraq, Pakistan, Arab states…).
- 26 July 1956Nationalisation of the Suez Canal
- 29 October 1956The Tripartite Aggression on EgyptOn 29 October 1956 Israel attacked Sinai, and France and Britain followed with a landing at Port Said to retake the…
- 16 March 1957Lebanon accepts the Eisenhower DoctrineIn March 1957 Sami al-Solh's government, under Chamoun's presidency, announced its acceptance of the Eisenhower…
- 1 February 1958Founding of the United Arab RepublicOn 1 February 1958 Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli proclaimed the United Arab Republic, the union of Egypt and Syria; the…
- 8 May 1958Uprisings across Lebanon
- 14 July 1958Coup in IraqOn 14 July 1958 Abdel Karim Qasim overthrew the Hashemite monarchy in Baghdad; King Faisal II and Nuri al-Said were…
- 15 July 1958US Marines land in BeirutOn 15 July 1958 Chamoun asked the United States to send Marines to put down the demonstrations, invoking the Eisenhower…
- 28 September 1961Officers' coup in SyriaOn 28 September 1961 Syrian officers carried out a coup in Damascus declaring secession from Egypt and the end of the…
- 8 March 1963Baath coup in SyriaOn 8 March 1963 Baathist and Nasserist officers seized power in Damascus and declared the state of emergency that…
- 8 March 1965The Vietnam War beginsOn 8 March 1965 the first Marines landed at Da Nang and the American ground intervention in Vietnam began, lasting…
- 28 September 1970Death of Gamal Abdel NasserOn 28 September 1970 Gamal Abdel Nasser died of a heart attack the day after the Cairo summit that stopped the fighting…
- 13 November 1970Hafez al-Assad's coup in SyriaOn 13 November 1970 defence minister Hafez al-Assad carried out the "Corrective Movement" and overthrew Salah Jadid.
- 11 February 1979The Islamic Revolution in IranOn 11 February 1979 the Islamic Revolution triumphed in Iran with the return of Imam Khomeini and the fall of the…
- 22 September 1980Iraq invades IranOn 22 September 1980 Iraq invaded Iran, opening a war that lasted eight years; it was reflected in Beirut in a struggle…
- 4 December 1983US air strike on Syrian positions, pilot Goodman capturedOn 4 December 1983 US navy aircraft struck Syrian and Druze positions near Falougha and Hammana in reply to the…
- 8 February 1984USS New Jersey shells the Mountain: 288 roundsOn 8 and 9 February 1984 the American battleship New Jersey fired 288 16-inch shells at Syrian and Druze positions in…
- 26 December 1991Collapse of the Soviet UnionOn 26 December 1991 the Soviet Union was formally dissolved after Gorbachev's resignation; the Cold War ended, Syria…
- 7 October 2001The war on terrorOn 7 October 2001 the United States and Britain began bombing Afghanistan and toppled Taliban rule within weeks; the…
- 24 February 2022Russia invades UkraineOn 24 February 2022 Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine; it was reflected in Lebanon in rising wheat and fuel…