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The Eastern Syria campaign [20] of September–December 2017 was a large-scale military operation of the Syrian Army (SAA) and its allies against the Islamic State ...
Cries from Syria is a 2017 documentary film about the Syrian Civil War, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, and acquired by HBO. [1] It contains video shot by Syrians with and interviews with guerrilla fighters, activists, journalists, defected military men, and refugees, some that are children.
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]
[citation needed] In July 1949, Syria was the last Arab country to sign an armistice agreement with Israel. In March 1949, Syria's national government was overthrown by a military coup d'état led by Husni al-Zaim in a coup. Some authors claim involvement by the United States CIA. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Syria, being one of the countries where Christianity had originated, has a long history of church music. It is the origin of the Christian hymnody, which was entirely developed in Syria. [16] And its style of chant, the Syrian chant which continues to be the liturgical music of some of the various Syrian Christians, is the oldest in the world. [17]
The song is performed by nine Muslim nasheed and rap artists: Abdullah Rolle, Faisal Salah, Omar Esa, Khaleel Muhammad, Hassen Rasool, Muslim Belal, Abdul Wahab (also known as UK Apache), Umar Salaams and Masikah and the song is introduced by Ajmal Masroor, Chairman of ChildrenPlus charity.
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 SDF insurgency in northern Syria was a campaign of armed attacks carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), following the expansion of the Turkish occupation of northern Syria after the early 2018 Operation Olive Branch carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA).