This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, 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 north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to t…
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, 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 north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is under a transitional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 25 million across an area of 185,180 square kilometres, it is the 57th-most populous and 87th-largest country.
Government: Transitional government
Legislature: People's Assembly (dissolved)
Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)
Capital and largest city: Damascus
Major languages: Arabic
Calling code: +963
Minor languages: Kurdish (Kurmanji) · Syrian Turkish · Neo-Aramaic (Turoyo) · Other
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