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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country of southwest Asia on the eastern Mediterranean coast. Ancient Syria also included Lebanon, most of present-day Israel and Jordan, and part of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Settled c. 2100 BC by Amorites, the region was later conquered by Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans. Islam was introduced in the seventh century by Muslim Arab conquerors. Syria was a province of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1918, and the part comprising present-day Syria and Lebanon became a French League of Nations mandate in 1920. Separated from Lebanon by the French, Syria achieved full independence in 1946. In 1958 it merged with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic, which disintegrated in 1961. Damascus is the capital and the largest city.
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- proper noun A
country in theMiddle East . Official name:Syrian Arab Republic .
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- noun 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
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Examples
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BASHAR AL-ASSAD, PRESIDENT OF SYRIA (through translator): We will withdraw our forces that are placed in Lebanon completely to the Bekaa area and then to the borders between Lebanon and Syria.
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SYRIA - Sept 28 - Syria Vows To Back Hamas, Hizbullah At All Costs.
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SYRIA - Sept 28 - Syria Vows To Back Hamas, Hizbullah At All Costs.
OpEdNews - Diary: The Nobel hopes Obama will stop replacing dominos with hopscotch 2009
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SYRIA - Sept 28 - Syria Vows To Back Hamas, Hizbullah At All Costs.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Israel rejects Hamas ceasefire call 2006
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OBAMA LETHAL FOR ISRAEL: OBAMA SENDS HAMAS LOVER, ROBERT MALLEY TO EGYPT AND SYRIA hasn't even taken office yet and he is sending annihilationist sympathizers and enablers to Syria and Egypt.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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Mr. HARLING: In particular through initiatives taken by the first lady in Syria is an attempt to perhaps circumvent the apparatus of state which is very slow to move and to adjust.
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Mr. HARLING: In particular through initiatives taken by the first lady in Syria is an attempt to perhaps circumvent the apparatus of state which is very slow to move and to adjust.
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Reuters Munther Khaddam (C), Hanan Laham (R) and Shawki Baghdadi head one of the sessions of Syrian opposition intellectuals during a meeting held in Damascus, under the title "Syria for all in a democratic civil state".
Opposition Meeting in Syria Shows Split Among Activists Nour Malas 2011
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Mr. HARLING: In particular through initiatives taken by the first lady in Syria is an attempt to perhaps circumvent the apparatus of state which is very slow to move and to adjust.
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The only religion (if it can be called one) which produces men in Syria is the Druse.
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