Syria

n. Syrian Arab Republic, country of southwest Asia on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea

Syria ( or ), officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic:), is a country in Southwest Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Lebanon to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. The modern state of Syria was formerly a French mandate and attained independence in 1946, but can trace its roots to the fourth millennium BC; its capital city, Damascus, was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Empire.
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Noun
1. an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization; involved in state-sponsored terrorism
(synonym) Syrian Arab Republic
(hypernym) Asian country, Asian nation
(hyponym) Aram
(member-holonym) Arab League
(part-holonym) Middle East, Mideast, Near East
(member-meronym) Syrian
(part-meronym) Damascus, capital of Syria
(class) Popular Struggle Front, PSF

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Background Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Since 1976, Syrian troops have been stationed in Lebanon, ostensibly in a peacekeeping capacity, despite international pressure calling for their withdrawal. Over the past decade, Syria and Israel have held occasional peace talks over the return of the Golan Heights. Map of Syria More about Syria: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues

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Syria; (area between Asia Minor and Egypt including Phoenicia and Palestine)