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  1. Mar 11, 2016 · 11 March 2016. More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war ...

  2. Jun 9, 2021 · Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It has a total area of 185,180 square km. Damascus is its capital and largest city. Arabic is its official languages. Its official currency is Syrian pound (SYP). It is bordered by Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, and Jordan. It has high mountains, deserts, and fertile plains.

  3. Sep 18, 2016 · Sept. 18, 2016. You could be forgiven, after five years of Syria’s war dominating front pages, for feeling lost. It is easy to track the war’s toll: It has killed 400,000 people, displaced ...

  4. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), at least 100,000 Syrians remain forcibly disappeared. The network also estimates that nearly 15,000 have died due to torture since March ...

  5. Jan 24, 2024 · Cotton production: Syria is a significant producer of cotton, which is one of the country’s main agricultural exports. Oil reserves: Syria has the largest oil reserves in the eastern Mediterranean region. Arab Spring: Syria experienced its Arab Spring in 2011, leading to an ongoing civil war. Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Civil War began in ...

  6. Mar 9, 2022 · 9 March 2022 Human Rights. Top UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday urged renewed efforts for a political solution to Syria’s devastating war, which has been marked by an uptick of violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis in recent months. Presenting the latest UN Human Rights Council -mandated report on the nearly 11-year-old ...

  7. apnews.com › hub › syriaSyria | AP News

    A car bomb has exploded in a busy market in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-based Syrian opposition fighters, killing at least three people, rescue workers and a war monitor said. March 31. Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 44 people are dead.