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<li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Syria" title="2020 in Syria">2020</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1990s_in_Syria" title="Category:1990s in Syria">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Syria" title="Category:2000s in Syria">2000s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Syria" title="Category:2010s in Syria">2010s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2020s_in_Syria" title="Category:2020s in Syria">2020s</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">Other events of 2017</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Syria" title="List of years in Syria">List of years in Syria</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events during the year <b>2017 in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_in_Syria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Syria" title="President of Syria">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Syria" title="Vice President of Syria">Vice President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Najah_al-Attar" title="Najah al-Attar">Najah al-Attar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Syria" title="Prime Minister of Syria">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Imad_Khamis" title="Imad Khamis">Imad Khamis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_in_Syria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>For events related to the Civil War, see <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War_(January%E2%80%93April_2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (January–April 2017)">Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (January–April 2017)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War_(May%E2%80%93August_2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (May–August 2017)">Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (May–August 2017)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War_(September%E2%80%93December_2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (September–December 2017)">Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (September–December 2017)</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_in_Syria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hilarion_Capucci.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hilarion_Capucci.JPG/100px-Hilarion_Capucci.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Hilarion_Capucci.JPG/150px-Hilarion_Capucci.JPG 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title="1971 in Syria">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 in Syria (page does not exist)">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 in Syria (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 in Syria (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 in Syria (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 in Syria (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 in Syria (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in Syria (page does not exist)">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in Syria (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_Syria" title="1980 in Syria">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_Syria" title="1981 in Syria">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in Syria (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 in Syria (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 in Syria (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 in Syria (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 in Syria (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 in Syria (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 in Syria (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 in Syria (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 in Syria (page does not exist)">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 in Syria (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 in Syria (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 in Syria (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a 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