Syria

Extracted Attributes

• Capital

  Damascus, Syria

• Population

  Approximately 26,000,000 people

• Total Area

  185,180 square kilometres

• Official Name

  Syrian Arab Republic

• Largest Ethnic Group

  Arabs

• Largest Religious Group

  Sunni Muslims

• Administrative Divisions

  14 governorates

Timeline

• Inception of the modern Syrian state. (Source: Wikidata)

  1920-03-08

• Syria becomes a founding member of the United Nations, establishing de jure independence. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1945-10-24

• French troops withdraw from Syria, granting the nation de facto independence. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1946-04-17

• Syria enters a brief pan-Arab union with Egypt, forming the United Arab Republic. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1958-02-01

• The union with Egypt is terminated following a military coup d'état. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1961-09-28

• A coup d'état by the Ba'ath Party military committee establishes a one-party state. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1963-03-08

• Hafez al-Assad comes to power following internal Ba'athist power struggles. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1970-11-13

• Bashar al-Assad succeeds his father, Hafez al-Assad, as the leader of Syria. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2000-06-10

• The Syrian Civil War begins following Arab Spring protests and government crackdowns. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-03-15

• Opposition forces led by HTS capture Damascus, resulting in the fall of the Assad regime. (Source: Amnesty International)

  2024-12-08

Syria

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 and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic under a provisional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 26 million across an area of 185,180 square kilometres (71,500 sq mi), it is the 56th-most populous and 87th-largest country. The name "Syria" historically referred to a wider region. The modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization. Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital under the Mamluk Sultanate. The modern Syrian state was established in the mid-20th century after centuries of Ottoman rule, as a French Mandate. The state represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman-ruled Syrian provinces. It gained de jure independence as a parliamentary republic in 1945 when the First Syrian Republic became a founding member of the United Nations, an act which legally ended the French Mandate. French troops withdrew in April 1946, granting the nation de facto independence. The post-independence period was tumultuous, with multiple coups and coup attempts between 1949 and 1971. In 1958, Syria entered a brief pan-Arab union with Egypt, which was terminated following a 1961 coup d'état. The 1963 coup d'état carried out by the military committee of the Ba'ath Party established a one-party state, which ran Syria under martial law from 1963 to 2011. Internal power-struggles within Ba'athist factions caused further coups in 1966 and 1970, the latter of which saw Hafez al-Assad come to power. Under Assad, Syria became a hereditary dictatorship. Assad died in 2000, and he was succeeded by his son, Bashar. Following the Arab Spring in 2011, Syria became embroiled in a multi-sided civil war with the involvement of several countries, leading to a refugee crisis in which more than 6 million refugees were displaced from the country. In response to rapid territorial gains made by the Islamic State during the civil war in 2014 and 2015, several countries intervened on behalf of various factions opposing it, leading to its territorial defeat in 2017 in both central and eastern Syria. Thereafter, three political entities—the Syrian Interim Government, Syrian Salvation Government, and the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria—emerged in Syrian territory to challenge Assad's rule. In late 2024, a series of offensives from a coalition of opposition forces led to the capture of Damascus and the fall of Assad's regime. By 2025, the war had left Syria's economy in a poor state, following years of international sanctions that were later eased. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, plateaus, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Sunni Muslims are the largest religious group.

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• Syria News & Videos - ABC News

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• Syria Map and Satellite Image

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• Syria - Wikipedia

  | | * v * t * e Countries and territories of the Mediterranean Sea | | --- | | Sovereign states | * Albania * Algeria * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Croatia * Cyprus * Egypt * France * Greece * Israel * Italy * Lebanon * Libya * Malta * Monaco * Montenegro * Morocco * Slovenia * Spain * Syria * Tunisia * Turkey | | States with limited recognition | * Northern Cyprus * Palestine | | Dependencies and other territories | * Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) * Gibraltar (UK) * Ceuta and Melilla (Spain) | | Marginal seas | * Adriatic Sea * Aegean Sea * Alboran Sea * Balearic Sea * Ionian Sea * Levantine Sea * Libyan Sea * Ligurian Sea * Sea of Crete * Sea of Marmara * Sea of Sardinia * Thracian Sea * Tyrrhenian Sea | | * v * t * e Middle East | | --- | | Countries | * Bahrain * Cyprus * Egypt * Iran * Iraq + Iraqi Kurdistan * Israel * Jordan * Kuwait * Lebanon * *Northern Cyprus* * Oman * *Palestine* + *Gaza* + *West Bank* * Qatar * Saudi Arabia * Syria + Rojava + Turkish occupation of northern Syria * Turkey * United Arab Emirates * Yemen | | Society | * Climate change * Democracy * Economy + Energy * History + Timeline + Modern conflicts * Human rights * Water politics + conflict | | Demographics | * Ethnic groups * Genetics * Metropolitan areas * Religion + Irreligion | | Culture | * Archaeology * Cinema * Cuisine * Etiquette * Music + Dance * Studies | | Related terms | * Eastern Mediterranean * Fertile Crescent * Greater Middle East * Levant * Mashriq * Middle East and North Africa * Near East * Syria (region) "Syria (region)") * West Asia | | *

• Syria - UN News - the United Nations

  Today marks one year since the fall of the Assad government and the end of a decades-old system of repression [...] what lies ahead is far more than a

• Human rights in Syria - Amnesty International

  * [English](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Español](https://www.amnesty.org/es/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Français](https://www.amnesty.org/fr/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [العربية](https://www.amnesty.org/ar/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Español](https://www.amnesty.org/es/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Français](https://www.amnesty.org/fr/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [العربية](https://www.amnesty.org/ar/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). [Back to Syria](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/). On 8 December, opposition forces led by HTS seized Damascus, toppling President Assad’s government and ending his family’s five-decade rule of Syria.[1](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/#footnote-syria-2024-en-1) Following President Assad’s ousting, the Israeli military launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria, claiming it was targeting weapons stockpiles and military infrastructure abandoned by the former Syrian government’s forces to ensure they did not fall into rebel hands. As a result, in December, Amnesty International called on European states to continue processing Syrian asylum claims and reject calls to return Syrians or restrict family reunification.[2](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/#footnote-syria-2024-en-2). 1. “[Syria: Historic opportunity to end and redress decades of grave human rights violations under President Assad must be seized”, 8 December](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/syria-historic-opportunity-to-end-and-redress-decades-of-grave-human-rights-violations-under-president-assad-must-be-seized/)[↩︎](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/#footnote-syria-2024-en-1-link). 2. [“Europe: Safety of Syrians in Europe must not be sacrificed to political interests”, 10 December](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2024/12/europe-safety-of-syrians-in-europe-must-not-be-sacrificed-to-political-interests/)[↩︎](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/#footnote-syria-2024-en-2-link). * [About Us](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Resources](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Get Involved](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Latest](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/). * [Work With Us](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/syria/report-syria/).

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• Country

  Syria

• Instance Of

  Q6256

• Population

  23,865,423

• Coordinates

  Lat: 35.216667, Lon: 38.583333

• Inception Date

  3/8/1920