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• Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present… …   Universalium

• Syria — • A country in Western Asia, which in modern times comprises all that region bounded on the north by the highlands of the Taurus, on the south by Egypt, on the east by Mesopotamia and the Arabia Desert, and on the west by the Mediterranean… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• SYRIA — SYRIA, state in southwest Asia. Although constantly subject to changes, the country s boundaries were primarily: Ereẓ Israel to the south, Asia Minor (Turkey) to the north, Mesopotamia to the east, and the Mediterranean to the west. Biblical and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Syria–Lebanon Campaign — Part of Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatre …   Wikipedia

• Syria — This article is about the modern state of Syria. For other uses, see Syria (disambiguation). Syrian Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية السورية Al Jumhūriyyah al ʿArabiyyah as Sūriyyah …   Wikipedia

• Governor — For other uses, see governor (disambiguation). A governor (from French gouverneur) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non sovereign level of… …   Wikipedia

• Syria-Lebanon Campaign — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Syria Lebanon campaign caption=Hammana, September 1941. With terrain typical of the region in the background, Maj. Gen. A. S. Allen (centre), commander of the Australian 7th Division, inspects some of his men.… …   Wikipedia

• Syria —    During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Syria comprised the area that today contains the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan. For the Ottoman Empire the area was divided into four provinces: Aleppo, Damascus,… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Muslim conquest of Syria — Part of the Muslim conquests and Byzantine Arab Wars …   Wikipedia

• Central Bank of Syria — Infobox Central bank bank name in local = مصرف سورية المركزي image 1 = Sabe bahrat square.jpg image title 1 = Central Bank of Syria on the Sabe Bahrat Square in Damascus image width 1 = 250 image 2 = image title 2 = headquarters = Damascus, Syria …   Wikipedia

• Governorates of Syria — Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah ). The governorates are divided into sixty districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah ), which are further divided into subdistricts, or nawahi (sing. nahia ). The nawahi contain… …   Wikipedia