| Period or Event | Time-Frame | Overview |
| 1967 War | 1967 | Israel seizes the Golan Heights. |
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| 1979 | Syria is listed on Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. | |
| 2004 | US Congress passed the Syria Accountability Act – which prohibits most American goods from being sold to Syria – and imposed financial sanctions. | |
| US Pulls Out Envoy | 2005 | US withdrew its envoy after ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri was assassinated. |
| US Ambassador Appointed | 16 02 2010 | The appointment of a new American ambassador, Robert Ford, to Damascus had been in the works since the middle of 2009, says the BBC’s Washington correspondent Steve Kingstone. Ford was the first US Ambassador in five years. |
| US Under-Secretary Visits | 17 02 2010 | Under-Secretary of State William Burns’ visited Syria a day after US President Barack Obama nominated Robert Ford as US Ambassador. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8519506.stm
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