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15 hours ago · Syria, country located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. The capital is Damascus. Find a geographical and historical treatment of Syria, including maps, statistics, and a survey of its people, economy, and government, in this article.
- Daily Life and Social Customs
Syria - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine: The family is the...
- Finance
Syria - Economy, Oil, Agriculture: The Central Bank of Syria...
- The French Mandate
Syria - French Mandate, Middle East, Conflict: In June 1920...
- The Winds
Syria - Climate, Deserts, Winds: In winter the prevailing...
- Media and Publishing
Syria - Media, Publishing, Culture: The majority of Syria’s...
- Hellenistic, Roman, Empire
Syria - Hellenistic, Roman, Empire: After Alexander’s death...
- Economy
Syria - Agriculture, Oil, Manufacturing: Socialism became...
- Uprising and Civil War
Syria - Uprising, Civil War, Conflict: In March 2011...
- Daily Life and Social Customs
15 hours ago · By the mid-20th century a common definition of the Middle East encompassed the states or territories of Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and the various states and territories of Arabia proper ( Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States...
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5 days ago · BEIRUT, May 24, 2024 — More than a decade of conflict compounded by external shocks have further worsened Syria’s dire economic situation in 2023 and led to a dramatic deterioration in the welfare of Syrian households, according to two new World Bank reports released today. Continued funding shortfalls and limited access to humanitarian ...
4 days ago · Syria has become a forgotten crisis that nobody wants to stir amid the war raging between Israel and Islamist Palestinian militants Hamas and tensions growing between Iran and Western powers over ...
2 days ago · Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology ] [note 1]) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East ...
3 days ago · About 5.7 million Syrians live in extreme poverty, reported the World Bank on Saturday (May 25). As per two new reports published by the World Bank on Syria, 13 years into the devastating civil war that has battered the economy and impoverished millions, more than a quarter of people are living in extreme poverty condition. Before the conflict, extreme poverty was "virtually non-existent" said one report.
4 days ago · Iraq is one of the easternmost countries of the Arab world, located at about the same latitude as the southern United States. It is bordered to the north by Turkey, to the east by Iran, to the west by Syria and Jordan, and to the south by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
