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Syria, [d] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [e] [15] 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.
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.
The location of Syria An enlargeable map of the Syrian Arab Republic. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Syria: . Syria – country in Western Asia, that borders Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south and Israel to the southwest.
The Arab Kingdom of Syria (Arabic: المملكة العربية السورية, al-Mamlakah al-ʿArabiyya al-Sūriya) was a self-proclaimed, unrecognized monarchy existing briefly in the territory of historical Syria.
Map of Rojava cantons in February 2014. The Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton (Kurdish: Herêma Cizîrê; Arabic: إقليم الجزيرة; Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, romanized: Ponyotho d'Gozarto), is the largest of the three original regions of the de facto Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
Arabic name Population District Governorate Damascus [3] دمشق 2,685,360 Damascus (as a district) Damascus Governorate: Aleppo [4] حلب 2,132,100 Mount Simeon District: Aleppo Governorate: Homs [5] حمص 652,609 Homs District: Homs Governorate: Latakia [6] اللاذقية 383,786 Latakia District: Latakia Governorate: Hama [7] حماة ...
Southern Syria (Arabic: سوريا الجنوبية Sūriyā l-Janūbiyya) is a geographical term referring to the southern portion of either Ottoman-period Vilayet of Syria, [1] or modern-day Arab Republic of Syria. The term was used in the Arabic language primarily from 1919 until the end of the Franco-Syrian war in July 1920, during which ...