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The majority of Syrian Arabs speak a variety of dialects belonging to Levantine Arabic.Arab tribes and clans of Bedouin descent are mainly concentrated in the governorates of al-Hasakah, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and eastern Aleppo, forming roughly 30% of the total population and speaking a dialect related to Bedouin and Najdi Arabic.
In addition to denoting Syrian Arabs, the term "Syrian" also refer to all Syrian citizens, regardless of their ethnic background. In 2018, Syria had an estimated population of 19.5 million, which includes, aside from the aforementioned majority, Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmen, Armenians and others.
A further 70,000 people were trapped on the border with Jordan at Rukban in 2016–18, [27] [28] with up to 40,000 still there in 2019. [29] A significant part of the population lives in territory outside government sovereignty. At its peak in 2015, ISIL ruled over ten million people across Syria and Iraq. [30]
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Syria" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Assyrian people; Assyrians in Syria; B. Bedouin; Black ...
There are many different origins of Afro-Syrians, the most common ones are the Arab slave trade, African Muslims settling in Syria during the Islamic Golden Age, [6] African refugees that received Syrian citizenship, [7] Syrian refugees in Africa who mixed with the local Africans, Syrian refugees in Brazil who mixed with Afro-Brazilians, [8] and interracial marriages between Syrians and black ...
A security source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that the influx of people attempting to leave Syria includes Iranians and Iraqis - but that most come from Syrian minority groups. It comes despite ...
Syrian people of Egyptian descent (2 P) T. Syrian Turkmen people (1 C, 7 P) Y. Syrian Yazidis (1 P) This page was last edited on 21 February 2024, at 10:57 (UTC ...
A broken portrait of Bashar al-Assad is seen on on the ground at Mezzah Military Airport on Dec. 16, 2024, in Damascus. Credit - Chris McGrath—Getty Images After 13 years of civil war, and 54 ...