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Syria
[ seer-ee-uh ]
noun
- Official_name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). : Damascus.
- a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present republics of Syria and Lebanon (Latakia and Jebel ed Druz were incorporated into Syria 1942): the French mandatory powers were nominally terminated as of January 1, 1944.
- an ancient country in W Asia, including the present Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and adjacent areas: a part of the Roman Empire 64 b.c.–a.d.
Syria
/ ˈɪɪə /
noun
- a republic in W Asia, on the Mediterranean: ruled by the Ottoman Turks (1516–1918); made a French mandate in 1920; became independent in 1944; joined Egypt in the United Arab Republic (1958–61). Hafez al-Assad elected president in 1971 following a coup; after his death in 2000 Assad's son Bashar took over the presidency; his rule was challenged (from 2012) by an uprising that led to a civil war. Official language: Arabic. Religion: Muslim majority. Currency: Syrian pound. Capital: Damascus. Pop: 22 457 336 (2013 est). Area: 185 180 sq km (71 498 sq miles)
- (formerly) the region between the Mediterranean, the Euphrates, the Taurus, and the Arabian Desert
Syria
- Republic in the Middle East , bordered by Turkey to the northwest, north, and northeast; Iraq to the east and south; Jordan to the south; and Israel , the Mediterranean Sea , and Lebanon to the west. Its capital and largest city is Damascus .
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The spiritual leader of Syria's Druze, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, has condemned the violence as an "unjustifiable genocidal campaign" against his community and called for intervention by "international forces to maintain peace".
It marks another fault-line in Syria, which has been left fractured and divided in the wake of 13 years of devastating civil war and decades of authoritarian rule by the Assad dynasty.
Israel views Syria’s fledgling government as a jihadist threat on its borders that it must counter, both to protect itself and its neighbor’s Druze minority.
Syria's foreign ministry said it rejected all forms of "foreign intervention" in its affairs, without explicitly mentioning Israel.
Similar to its operations in Iraq, Turkey has also sought to establish a buffer zone along its border with Syria to contain Syrian armed groups allied with the PKK.
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