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Syria ( Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 Sura/i; Greek: Συρία; Classical Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܐ) or Sham ( Arabic: ٱلشَّام, romanized :Ash-Shām) is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. [3] Other synonyms are Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine. [2]
Demographics of Syria. Syria 's estimated pre– Syrian Civil War 2011 population was 22 ±.5 [1] million permanent inhabitants, which included 21,124,000 Syrians, [2] as well as 1.3 million Iraqi refugees [3] and over 500,000 Palestinian refugees. [3] The war makes an accurate count of the Syrian population difficult, as the numbers of Syrian ...
The modern history of Syria begins with the termination of Ottoman control of Syria by French forces and the establishment of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration during World War I. The short-lived Arab Kingdom of Syria emerged in 1920, which was however soon committed under the French Mandate, which produced the short-lived autonomous ...
Feb 13, 2024 · Estimates in May 2023 put the death toll at almost 60,000, with 50,700 casualties in Turkey and 8,400 in Syria. Syria’s twelve years of conflict have severely hindered its relief efforts—the ...
Category. : Syria. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Syria. Asia portal. This is a topic category for the topic Syria.
As a result of the Syrian Civil War since 2011, there are at least two flags used to represent Syria, used by different factions in the war. The incumbent government of the Syrian Arab Republic led by the Ba'ath Party uses the red-white-black tricolour originally used by the United Arab Republic, while Syrian opposition factions such as the Syrian National Coalition use the green-white-black tricolour known as the ''Independence flag'', first used by Mandatory Syria.
The Syrian Arab Air Force is the aviation branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It was established in 1948 and saw combat in 1948, 1967, 1973 and in 1982 against Israel. It has seen combat against militant groups on Syrian soil from 2011 to 2012, during the Syrian civil war.
