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  1. www.britannica.com › place › DamascusDamascus | History, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica

    5 days ago · Damascus, city, capital of Syria. Located in the southwestern corner of the country, it has been called the “pearl of the East,” praised for its beauty and lushness; the 10th-century traveler and geographer al-Maqdisī lauded the city as ranking among the four earthly paradises. Upon visiting the city in 1867, Mark Twain wrote.

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      Baradā River, river of western Syria.It rises in the...

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  3. www.britannica.com › place › SyriaSyria | History, People, & Maps | Britannica

    3 days 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.

  4. press.un.org › en › 2024Absent Political Progress, Ongoing Violence Putting Syria ...

    3 days ago · With absent political progress, ongoing violence and a worsening humanitarian situation in Syria, terrible risks could be on the horizon for that beleaguered country and the global community, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy warned the Security Council, as he called for a de-escalation of hostilities, starting in Gaza, and a comprehensive engagement among all stakeholders to arrive at a lasting solution to the 14-year Syrian conflict.

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  6. www.france24.com › en › tv-showsReporters - Syria's Ghouta chemical attack: Exiled activists ...

    2 days ago · In August 2013, a chemical attack using sarin gas was perpetrated in Syria’s Ghouta region, northeast of Damascus, killing some 1,400 people. Attributed to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the ...

  7. english.aawsat.com › arab-world › 5026460-ankaraAnkara Calls on Damascus to Kick off Real National Reconciliation

    1 day ago · Ankara Calls on Damascus to Kick off Real National Reconciliation. Members of the pro-Türkiye Syrian National Army. (X) Ankara: Saeed Abdulrazek. 06:12-1 June 2024 AD ـ 24 Thul-Qi’dah 1445 AH. T T. 20. Türkiye called on the United Nations Security Council to shed light on the “dead end” reached in the political crisis in Syria, saying ...

  8. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › countriesSyria - World Factbook Glyph

    5 days ago · Syria united with Egypt in 1958 to form the United Arab Republic. In 1961, the two entities separated, and the Syrian Arab Republic was reestablished. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost control of the Golan Heights region to Israel. During the 1990s, Syria and Israel held occasional, albeit unsuccessful, peace talks over its return.

  9. apnews.com › article › syria-saudi-arabia-hajj-islamFirst Syrian jet in over a decade transports Muslim ...

    5 days ago · The development is part of an ongoing thaw in relations between Damascus and Riyadh, which days ago appointed Saudi Arabia’s first ambassador to war-torn Syria since severing ties in 2012. Syria was readmitted to the 22-member Arab League in 2023, after it had been suspended from the group for more than a decade over President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters in 2011.