Syria is a country in
Western Asia, bordering
Lebanon and the
Mediterranean Sea to the
West, Turkey to the north,
Iraq to the east, Jordan to
the south, and Israel to the
Southwest.
The name Syria formerly
comprised the entire region
of the Levant, while the
Modern state encompasses the
site of several ancient
kingdoms and empires,
including
The Eblan civilization of
the third millennium BC. In
the Islamic era, its capital
city.
Damascus, the oldest
continuously inhabited city
in the world was the seat of
the
Umayyad Caliphate and a
provincial capital of the
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt.
The population of Syria is
76% Sunni Muslim, with a 13%
Shia Muslim population, 8%
Christian and 3% Druze.
Combined, some 90% of the
Syrian population is Muslim,
Which largely includes Arabs
and significant minorities
of Kurds and Circassians,
while
Some 8% are Christians,
which mainly includes ethnic
Assyrians, but also Arab
Christian
And Armenians. The ethnic
minorities include Kurdish
(9%), Assyrian/Syria,
Armenian,
Turkmen and Circassia
populations, while the
majority is Arab (90%).
The climate in Syria is dry
and hot, and winters are
mild Because of the
country's
Elevation, snowfall does
occasionally occur during
winter.
