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6 days ago · The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing violent conflict in Syria between pro-democratic insurgents and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s long-standing dynastic regime. The war has been a source of significant instability in the Middle East since 2011, and the resultant civilian displacement and refugee exodus constitute one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history.
2 days ago · 609 BC – c. AD 240. See also: History of the Assyrians. Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, then to a territorial state, and eventually an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
2 days ago · Homs, the governorate's capital, is located in central western Syria, situated along the east bank of the Orontes River in a particularly fertile area. The city is in between the southern outliers of the Coastal Mountain Range located to the west and Mount Lebanon , overlooking the Homs Gap .
19 hours ago · Syria's emergence as the metropolis of the Umayyad Caliphate was the result of Mu'awiya's twenty-year entrenchment in the province, the geographic distribution of its relatively large Arab population throughout the province in contrast to their seclusion in garrison cities in other provinces, and the domination of a single tribal confederation ...
May 21, 2024 · FILE - Syria’s first lady Asma Assad, second left, listens to her husband Syrian President Bashar Assad as he speaks to the media after they voted at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, on May 26, 2021.
May 25, 2024 · Security incidents, including blasts targeting military and civilian vehicles, occur intermittently in the capital of war-ravaged Syria. Quoting a police official, SANA said "One person was killed ...
19 hours ago · Full name: Syrian Arab Republic Continent: Asia Region: Western Asia Population: 22,198,110 Area: 185,180 km² Capital: Damascus Currency: Pound (SYP) Phone code: 963
