Syria, [e] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [f][17] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the …

1 day ago · Long-suppressed internal tensions led to the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. Assad’s brutal response to the civil war failed to keep him in power and, after a tremendous …

6 days ago · Israel strikes Syria again, claims to have killed alleged Hamas member Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports one dead and two others wounded in the Israeli attack …

Dec 9, 2024 · Syrian and Russian jets targeted rebels in Aleppo and Idlib but opposition forces seized a second major city of Hama and quickly advanced on Homs – the gateway to the …

Jun 30, 2025 · Syrian security forces detonated leftover munitions as part of a training exercise in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, a security source said, creating an explosion that was …

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Jan 7, 2025 · SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC: FACTS Capital: Damascus Area: 185,180 sq km Population: 22.1 million Language: Arabic Life expectancy: 68 years (men) 75 years (women)

May 14, 2025 · Three campaigns drove the conflict: coalition efforts to defeat the self-proclaimed Islamic State, violence between the Syrian government and opposition forces, and military …

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic is a Middle Eastern country bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Lebanon to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, …

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