10/30/2022Da Silva wins presidency10/28/2018Bolsonaro elected president09/30/2016Rousseff impeached; Michel Temer assumes presidency09/14/2016Prosecutors file corruption charges against Lula da Silva04/18/2016The House of Representatives impeaches Dilma Rousseff09/07/2014Effects of corruption scandal Operation Car Wash widespread in the government08/18/2011Corruption accusations affecting Rousseff’s administration10/31/2010Dilma Rousseff elected president10/30/2006Lula da Silva wins second term as president06/04/2005Corruption scandal known as Operation Car Wash impacting government10/27/2002Lula da Silva elected president11/13/1998IMF agrees to $41.3 billion bailout for Brazil09/03/1994Fernando Cardoso elected president
06/18/2021Ebrahim Raisi elected president01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian05/08/2019Iran ends some aspects of nuclear agreement04/08/2019US adds sanctions on Iran
10/13/2022New heads of state01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian10/02/2018Abdul Mahdi named prime minister12/08/2017Iraq declares victory over the Islamic State
11/27/2024Ceasefire in Lebanon-Israel conflict12/22/2022Netanyahu forms new government11/03/2022Netanyahu coalition wins election06/20/2022New elections called06/13/2021New coalition government takes office12/22/2020New elections called04/20/2020Agreement on unity government03/26/2020Gantz elected parliament speaker09/17/2019Election produces no majority party
10/31/2021Ruling coalition retains majority09/29/2021Kishida to be prime minister08/25/2020Abe resigns for health reasons07/21/2019Abe reelected with reduced majority
08/01/2021General assumes prime ministership02/01/2021Military resumes control11/09/2020Suu Kyi’s party claims election win10/10/2016Outburst of violence between government and Rohingya Muslim minority
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended10/09/2018Disappearance of journalist leads to international attention11/04/2017Anti-corruption crackdown
10/24/2023New government formed01/07/2020Sanchez re-elected prime minister04/28/2019Socialists win plurality06/01/2018Socialists eject Rajoy and take control of government
12/08/2024Government falls12/08/2024Government falls01/03/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian12/18/2018US announces withdrawal of troops from Syria09/04/2018Assault on Idlib09/26/2016Government attempt to retake Aleppo.09/09/2016Ceasefire08/24/2016Turkish troops enter Syria.08/23/2016Kurdish truce with Syria.09/30/2015Russia enters war.09/10/2014US bombing Islamic State in Syria01/24/2014Geneva peace conference 201409/25/2013Islamic State increasing in Syria08/20/2013Government accused of using chemical weapons03/18/2011Beginning of unrest in Syria that leads to civil war05/21/2008Negotiations with Israel about Golan Heights05/29/2007Bashar al-Assad re-elected10/28/2005Preliminary UN report on Syrian responsibility for murder of Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri03/06/2005Syrian intelligence officers begin to leave Lebanon06/09/2000Hafez al-Assad dies11/12/1970Hafez al-Assad takes power
11/21/2021Ruling party reelected12/07/2020Ruling oalition wins legislature01/05/2020Chaos in National Assembly election08/18/2017Constitutional assembly assumes the powers of the legislature.12/06/2015Opposition wins legislature
Iran attacks alleged ISIL (ISIS) targets in Syria. In Erbil, a Kurdish city in Iraq, Iran says it bombed a Mossad facility.
09/09/2022
Turkey captures senior Islamic State leader, whose nom de guerre is Abu Zeyd, real name Bashar Hattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai.
07/12/2022
US says that is has killed the current leader of the Islamic State, Maher al-Agal.
03/10/2022
Islamic State leaders acknowledge the death of their former leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi and announce that the new leader will be Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi without further comment.
02/03/2022
US reports that the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, has been killed in a strike in Idlib, Syria. Local first responders say that at least a dozen civilians were killed in the raid.
01/23/2022
Islamic State forces attack prison in Syria defended by Kurds, killing more than 100.
10/15/2021
Bombing at a mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills scores. ISIS-K claims responsibility.
03/25/2021
US says it is unlikely to meet the 5/1 deadline for complete withdrawal of forces, but will probably withdraw all forces by 2022.
02/18/2021
NATO announces that it will increase its troops in Iraq due to increased Islamic State activity there.
01/15/2020
US resumes fighting the Islamic State.
01/15/2020
US resumes fighting the Islamic State.
01/03/2020
In the wake of rising tensions in the Middle East, US coalition suspends operations in Syria and Iran against the Islamic State.
11/01/2019
More than fifty soldiers are killed in an attack in northern Mali by the Islamic State.
11/01/2019
Islamic State names Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi its new leader. It is not known who this is, and the name may be a nom de guerre.
10/26/2019
US reports that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, located with Russian help, detonated his suicide vest when pursued by US forces. Former Ba'athist officer Abdullah Qardash is named the new leader of the Islamic State.
09/10/2019
US launches major bombing attack on alleged ISIS camps in Iraq.
04/23/2019
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings.
03/20/2019
US says that the Islamic State’s physical territory in Syria has been subdued.
03/11/2019
Syrian Defense Forces attack last ISIS stronghold in Syria. About 500 Islamic State soldiers are said to remain, along with about 1000 civilians.
03/11/2019
Malaysia offers Malaysians who joined the Islamic State the opportunity to return and keep their citizenship if they go through a program of rehabiliation.
03/10/2019
Islamic State an increasingly strong force in the Philippines
02/13/2019
Islamic State attacks Revolutionary Guard post near Pakistan, killing twenty-seven.
12/12/2018
Turkey says it is preparing a new offensive against Kurds in northern Syria. US warns Turkey that such action might impair the fight against the Islamic State in Syria.
09/11/2018
Western allies in Syria begin assault on last sliver of land held by ISIS.
08/02/2018
Taliban reported to have eliminated the Islamic State in northern Afghanistan. Also, US forces have been told to restrict their operations to the more populated and strategically important areas of Afghanistan, in a strategy that has been employed in previous years.
06/30/2018
Pres Adam Barrow shuffles cabinet in wake of protests about effort to reduce debt and corruption. The head of the police department has resigned over the deaths of three protestors on 6/18 and the group calling itself “Enough is Enough” have demonstrated their dissatisfaction with corruption in the country.
