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| 1999, Feb. 10 |
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| Pres. Assad was reelected by an overwhelming majority to his fifth seven-year term as president of Syria. | 1 |
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| June 24 |
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| Israel invaded Lebanon with air strikes against the Syria-backed Hizballah rebel group. | 2 |
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| Dec. 15 |
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| Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak met Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Sharan in Washington, D.C.; the meeting marked the continuation of talks between the two nations after four years of silence. Progress was made in discussions about the peaceful resumption of Syrian control over Golan Heights, a long-disputed area between the two countries. | 3 |
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| June 10 |
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| Pres. Hafez al-Assad, who had ruled Syria since a 1970 military coup, died and was succeeded by his son, Bashar al-Assad. | 4 |
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