Middle East 677
Coding changes: Start Date changed from July 20, 1971. Fatalities changed from
Missing.
MID#3107
Dispute Number: 3107
Date(s): November 25, 1980 to January 9, 1981
Participants: 652 Syria/663 Jordan, 666 Israel
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On November 25, 1980, Syria increased its troop concentration along
its border with Jordan. Jordan deployed a division to face Syria’s forces along the
border the following day and declared a state of emergency in its armed forces. The
move occurred at the start of a three-day conference on Arab in Jordan that Syria was
boycotting; the conference focused on Arab rights, implicitly backing Iraq in its war
against Iran. On January 9, 1981, Syrian President al Assad threatened that if another
incident occurred again, such as the massing of troops at the border in November, then
the Syrian forces would not stop at the border. Assad also stated that Syria would help
the Jordanian people rise against the government and reestablish Palestinian guerrilla
groups in the country to attack Israel.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 26, 1980. End Date changed
from January 8, 1981.
MID#3106
Dispute Number: 3106
Date(s): February 22, 1982 to February 24, 1982
Participants: 652 Syria/663 Jordan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Syrian troops fired on a Jordanian border patrol. A Jordanian border obser-
vation post was also attacked by two Syrian helicopters near the borders of Jordan,
Syria, and Iraq.
652 SYRIA/666 ISRAEL
MID#1793
Started in May 1948. See the narrative in the 651 Egypt/666 Israel dyad dispute list.
MID#3445
Dispute Number: 3445
Date(s): April 5, 1949 to April 13, 1949
Participants: 666 Israel/652 Syria