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2020 In Syria
This article lists events from the year 2020 in Syria. Incumbents * President of Syria, President: Bashar al-Assad * Vice President of Syria, Vice President: Najah al-Attar * Prime Minister of Syria, Prime Minister: Imad Khamis (until 11 June), Hussein Arnous (starting 11 June) * President of Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria: Adnan Zureiq Events ''For events related to the Civil War, see History of the Syrian Civil War (2020–present)'' Deaths *March 20 – Ali Habib Mahmud, former defense minister (b. 1939). *March 31 – Abdul Halim Khaddam, former vice president (b. 1932). *May 13 – Riad Ismat, former minister of culture (b. 1947). *May 21 – Mamoon al-Farkh, actor and theater director (b. 1958). *September 3 – Ahmed Al-Qadri, agriculture and agrarian minister (b. 1956). *September 12 – Mohammed Makhlouf, Syrian businessman and the uncle of President Bashar al-Assad. *November 16 – Walid Muallem, deputy prime minister (b. 1941). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 Synodic day, solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar climate, subpolar regions around the planet, four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
