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Syria, [h] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [i] [16] 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.
Following the onset of the Northwestern Syria offensive, Syrian rebel forces in the south of the nation released a public announcement attributed to the "Revolutionaries and Free Men of the Eastern Region of Hauran", declaring plans to coordinate military activities with northern opposition groups.
Operation Dawn of Freedom [d] refers to a military offensive launched by the Syrian National Army (SNA; a Turkish-backed coalition of forces) against the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (SAAF) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), targeting the northern Aleppo Governorate region between al-Bab and Tadef within the Operation Euphrates Shield zone.
Nguyễn Thị Hiền Thục (born 13 May 1981), stage name Hien Thuc, is a contemporary Vietnamese pop singer. [1] She took a break from her music career to start a family from 2002 to 2004. She is known to have diversity styles which is mostly pop as well as being famous for several ballad songs.
Syria responded using its air defense systems, and its state media aired a video purporting to show a successful missile interception. [72] The Syrian state news agency SANA and Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military said Syria used Russian and Soviet air defense systems Pantsir-S1, S-125, S-200, Buk, and Kvadrat. [54] [73] [74]
The March 2020 Daraa clashes was an armed conflict between rebel fighters aligned with the Free Syrian Army and Syrian government forces in the Daraa Governorate.Clashes began after the start of a government security operation against FSA insurgent cells in Al-Sanamayn and other areas in the Daraa governorate that have been active since 2018 after the defeat of rebel forces in the province.
Syria, [a] also known as Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine, [2] is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. [3] The region boundaries have changed throughout history. However, in modern times, the term "Syria" alone is used to refer to the Syrian Arab Republic.
Population history of Syria. In 1200, the territories of modern-day Syria had an estimated population of 2.7 million. [12] This number sharply decreased due to the Plague epidemic in 1348–1353, which killed off an estimated third of the Levant's population. By 1937, the population reached an estimated 2,368,000, still considerably lower than ...