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Syria is a country with a predominantly Muslim population, 12% of Syrians are Alawite Shia and 74% Arab Sunni. The Assad family who maintained power in the country for more than 45 years are Alawite, Hafez al-Assad strengthened loyalty to his regime by appointing many Alawites to senior positions, particularly in the numerous security services.
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 ...
Syria, officially Syrian Arab Republic, Country, Middle East, along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.Area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km). Population: (2024 ...
Mar 15, 2021 · Syria’s economy has deteriorated, pushing almost 80 percent of the country below the poverty line, according to the Red Cross. Keep reading list of 2 items list 1 of 2
Five of the 63 Syrians were sentenced to life in prison in October 2020. In the first half of 2021, the SNA arbitrarily detained 162 individuals, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights ...
Syria is considered to have emerged as an independent country for the first time on 24 October 1945, upon the signing of the United Nations Charter by the Syrian government, effectively ending France's mandate by the League of Nations to "render administrative advice and assistance to the population" of Syria, which came in effect in April 1946.
Mar 9, 2022 · Half the country displaced “Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than half of the pre-war population – somewhere in the order of 22 million - have been displaced. More than 100,000 are missing or forcibly disappeared. Syria’s cities and infrastructure have been destroyed.
