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1 day ago · Charles Gordon Smith. 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
May 21, 2024 · The area was part of extreme southwestern Syria until 1967, when it came under Israeli military occupation, and in December 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan it held. The area’s name is from the biblical city of refuge Golan in Bashan (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8). Geography.
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2 days ago · The State of Israel was formally established by the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, and was admitted to the United Nations (UN) as a full member state on 11 May 1949. [1] [2] As of December 2020, it has received diplomatic recognition from 165 (or 85%) of the 193 total UN member states, and also maintains bilateral ties with ...
May 22, 2024 · After World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French administered the area until granting it independence in 1946. The new country lacked political stability and experienced a series of military coups. Syria united with Egypt in 1958 to form the United Arab Republic.
21 hours ago · In 1948–9, 18,000 Jews left the country for Israel. After this, Jewish emigration continued (to Israel and elsewhere), but slowed to a few thousand a year. Through the early fifties, Zionist organizations encouraged emigration, particularly in the poorer south of the country, seeing Moroccan Jews as valuable contributors to the Jewish State:
2 days ago · Syria continued to demand a full Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders, including a strip of land on the east shore of the Sea of Galilee that Syria captured during the 1948–49 Arab–Israeli War and occupied from 1949 to 1967. Successive Israeli governments have considered an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan in return for normalization of relations with Syria, provided certain security concerns are met.
May 7, 2024 · Jews from Arab lands are the missing piece of the Israeli-Palestinian discourse. Lisa Sayegh. May 7, 2024 2:36 pm. Superimposed over a map of Syria are photos of, top left, the author's...
