Syria 

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Instance of	country sovereign state (1946–) Mediterranean country
Part of	Middle East West Asia
Culture	culture of Syria
Location	Levant Syria
Located in or next to body of water	Mediterranean Sea
Capital	Damascus
Basic form of government	semi-presidential system (1973–)
Legislative body	People's Assembly of Syria
Executive body	Government of Syria
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria
Official language	Arabic
Anthem	Humat ad-Diyar
Currency	Syrian pound (1953–)
Inception	8 March 1920
Highest point	Mount Hermon (2,813.95 m)
Population	23,865,423 (2024)
Area	185,180 ±1 km²
Replaces	Ba'athist Syria (2024)
Top-level Internet domain	.sy
Different from	Syria
35° 13′ 00″ N, 38° 35′ 00″ E
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سوريا

See main article: Maps of Syria

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  Location of Syria,
  Middle East, Mediterranean Sea
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  CIA map for Syria in English
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  CIA map for Syria in French
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  Satellite image of Syria in May 2003
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  Map of the Golan Heights
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  1973 Yom Kippur war
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  civil war

see also Damascus

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  Panoramic view of Damascus city
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  Marjeh Square
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  Life on the streets
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  Old city of Damascus
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  The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus
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  The Courtyard
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  The Courtyard
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  The Courtyard, Islamic art
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  Khan As'ad Pasha
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  Streets of the Old city
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  City square
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  Street market
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  Souq
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  Highway
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  Northern façade of the larger courtyard
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  Southern façade of the larger courtyard
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  A fountain
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  Damascus by night
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  Tomb of Saladin
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  Bab Kisan
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  Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria
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  Northern arcade and the Minaret of the Bride
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  Golden mosaics
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  Said Zainab mosque, outside of Damascus
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  Dome of the treasury
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  Said Zainab mosque, outside of Damascus
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  northern Damascus.
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  Al-Hamidiyah Souq
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  Takiyya as-Süleimaniyya Mosque

See also Aleppo

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  Great Mosque of Aleppo, Gate
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  Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo
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  Great Mosque of Aleppo
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  Great Mosque of Aleppo, Panoramic view
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  Old city
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  City centre
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  Shopping streets in covered market
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  Alleys of the old city of Aleppo
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  Mosques and minarets of Aleppo
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  Aleppo Citadel gate.
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  Entrance of the National Museum of Aleppo
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  Great Mosque of Aleppo Citadel.
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  Hammam Yalbugha.
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  Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo.
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  Gate of Al-Adiliyah mosque.
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  Bab Al-Faraj at night.
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  Beit Wakil.
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  Dar Zamaria.
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  Mar Assia church.
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  Dimitrius church.
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  Virgin Mary Cathedral of Aleppo.
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  Germanos Farhat statue
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  Shawarma in central Aleppo
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  Aleppine spices.
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  Aleppo baklava.
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  Queik River.
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  Streets of the old city of Aleppo
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  Islamic ornaments in the Great Mosque of Aleppo
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  Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo
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  Visitors in the Great Mosque of Aleppo

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  Norias of Hama
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  Norias of Hama
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  Panoramic view of the city
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  Panoramic view
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  Orontes River in Hama
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  Old city
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  Old city

see also Palmyra

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  Syrain desert, Valley of the Tombs
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  Valley of the Tombs
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  Camel ride around ruins
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  Temple walls
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  Temple of Baal-Shamin
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  Great Colonnade
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  Great Colonnade
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  Monumental Arch
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  Tadmur Castle
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  Tadmur Castle
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  Palmyra at dusk
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  Great Tetrapylon (partially destroyed)
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  Monumental Arch (destroyed)
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  Tower of Elahbel (destroyed)

Two-thirds of this territory is occupied by Israel and the remaining one-third of this territory is under military occupation of Israel, but still claimed by (and internationally recognized as part of) Syria.

See also Golan Heights

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  Windmills in the Golan Heights
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  An abandoned Centurion tank on display
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  Ein Pik,Golan.
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  Golan
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  A roadblock
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  Remains of buildings
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  Mine field with a warning sign
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  Qunaitra
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  The Golan Hospital in Al-Qunaytirah, UN buffer zone, Syria, as it appears today
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  Overview
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  South Facade
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  The column
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  The column
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  The column
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  Arches
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  Eastern Basilica
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  Apse of the Eastern Basilica
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  Funerary chapel
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  The Baptistry

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  Krak des Chevaliers
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  Walls
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  Krak des Chevaliers
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  Remote view
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  Archway
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  Interior
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  Tower wall
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  The cistern
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  Inner court
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  Hall of the Knights
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  Inner halls
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  Chapel
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  Rooftop
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  Panoramic view of Al-Husn village and Tartus hills

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  Funeral stele
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  Funeral stele of Si`Gabbor

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  St. George's Monastery
  Monastère de Saint Georges
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  St. George's Monastery
  Monastère de Saint Georges
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  Mountains near St. George's Monastery.

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  The church
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  The palace
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  Arches of the church

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  Ruins of Bara

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  Ruins of Serjilla
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  The two story villa
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  The village baths
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  The Church
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  The press-house
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  House
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  House
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  House
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  A sarcophagi
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  Gate
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  Arch
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  Plan of Serjilla

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  Remains of the castle
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  The castle at sunset

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  Ain Dara temple Lion
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  Ain Dara temple Wall1
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  Ain Dara temple foodprint godess1
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  Ain Dara temple foodprint godess2
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  Ain Dara temple
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  Ain Dara temple Wall2

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    Apamea
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  Cardo maximus
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  Columns
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  Portico
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  Votive column
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  Human head sculpture
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  Ruins of a building
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  Column bases
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  Twisted fluted columns

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  Ruins of Resafa (Sergiopolis)
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  Panoramic view
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  Basilica
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  Basilica, Columns
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  Ruins
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  Walls and towers of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
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  Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
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  Archs and columns, Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
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  Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, Byzantine columns
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  Compound

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  Syrian mezze
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  Shawarma stand in central Aleppo
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  Store
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  Dallah, Arabic teapots in Khan As'ad Pasha in Damascus
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  Book
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  Carpet store in Damascus
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  Al-Ghab plain and Syrian coastal mountains
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  Syrian desert near Palmyra
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  Road in the desert near Palmyra
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  Syrian desert near Al-Sukhnah
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  Driving the desert road, Al-Sukhnah
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  Desert road near Raqqa
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  coast of Mediterranean Sea, Latakia, Tartus, Euphrates river, Syrian desert.