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Syria was an early Roman province, annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War, following the defeat of Armenian King Tigranes the Great. The Roman province of Judea incorporated the regions of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea, and extended over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel. It was named …

Christians in Syria make up about 10-12% of the population. The country's largest Christian denomination is the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, closely followed by the Greek Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which has a common root with the Eastern Orthodox Church of Antioch, and then by Oriental Orthodox Churches like Syriac Orthodox …

Sixty-four of the 65 districts of Syria have a city that serves as the regional capital (administrative centre); Markaz Rif Dimashq is a district with no official regional centre.. The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. The Rif Dimashq Governorate has no official centre and its headquarters are in Damascus.. The first 13 cities in the list are the …

Public holidays in Syria consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays.. The primary national holiday in Syria is the Independence Day, celebrated on 17 April of every year, which celebrates the evacuation of the last French troops in Syria, officially ending the French Mandate for Syria.. Other important holidays include the anniversary of the October War on 6 ...

Per Turkey: 4,612 killed, wounded or captured: 389–500 civilians killed in Syria (per SOHR & SDF) 7–9 civilians killed in Turkey (2 Syrians). 150,000–300,000 civilians internally displaced: a The TAF announced the start of Operation Olive Branch on 20 January, while the Turkish Defence Minister stated it "de facto started with cross-border shelling" the day before when one …

The party was founded on 7 April 1947 as the Arab Ba'ath Party by Michel Aflaq (an Antiochian Christian), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (a Sunni Muslim), and the followers of Zaki al-Arsuzi (an atheist) in Damascus, Syria, leading to the establishment of the Syrian Regional Branch. Other regional branches were established throughout the Arab world in the later 1940s and early 1950s, in, …

Syria, eller Den arabiske republikk Syria, er en arabisk stat i Midtøsten.Den grenser i nord til Tyrkia, i øst til Irak, i sør til Jordan og i vest til Libanon, Israel og Middelhavet.Det tidligere syriske området Golanhøydene ble annektert av Israel etter seksdagerskrigen i 1967. Hovedstad og største by er Damaskus.Andre betydelige byer er Aleppo og Homs.

Palmyra (stgr. Παλμύρα, arab. ‏تدمر‎, Tadmur) – miasto w środkowej Syrii, w muhafazie Hims, położone w oazie Pustyni Syryjskiej u podnóża masywu Dżabal Raszid, około 215 km na północny wschód od Damaszku.W 2004 liczyło 51 tysięcy mieszkańców.W mieście znajduje się port lotniczy, a także starożytne ruiny wpisane są na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO

Syria (arab. ‏سوريا‎, trl. Sūrijā, trb. ‏Surija‎), nazwa oficjalna: Syryjska Republika Arabska (ar. الجمهورية العربية السورية, trl. Al-Ǧumhūrijja ăl-ʿArabijja ăs-Sūrijja, trb.Al-Dżumhurijja al-Arabijja as-Surijja) – państwo arabskie na Bliskim Wschodzie.. Graniczy z Turcją (822 km), Irakiem (605 km), Jordanią (375 km), Libanem (375 km) i ...