2000

Events

 * July 17 - Bashar al-Assad is sworn in as President of Syria after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad
 * October 12 - The USS Cole is bombed by Al-Qaeda while refueling in Yemen's Aden harbor.

Births

 * October 12 - Dimitrios Pagourtzis

Deaths

 * June 10 - Hafez al-Assad