Outline of Syria
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Syria:
Syria – country in Western Asia, that borders 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. Civilization in Syria was one of the most ancient on earth. Syria is part of the Fertile Crescent, and from approximately 10,000 BCE it was one of the centers of Neolithic culture where agriculture and cattle breeding appeared for the first time in the world. Over the millennia, Syria has been conquered and settled by many different peoples. A country of fertile plains, high mountains and deserts, it is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Syriacs, Assyrians, Kurds, Circassians, Armenians, Druze, Alawite, Christians, Shias and Sunnis. The latter make up the majority of the population. Since March 2011, Syria has been embroiled in civil war in the wake of uprisings (considered an extension of the Arab Spring, the mass movement of revolutions and protests in the Arab world) against Assad and the neo-Ba'athist government. The opposition Syrian National Coalition selected Ghassan Hitto as prime minister of a rival provisional government on March 19, 2013, after being invited to do so by several foreign governments and the Arab League.[1]
General reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Syria
- Official English country name: The Syrian Arab Republic
- Common endonym(s): List of countries and capitals in native languages
- Official endonym(s): List of official endonyms of present-day nations and states
- Adjectival(s): Syrian
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Syria
- International rankings of Syria
- ISO country codes: SY, SYR, 760
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SY
- Internet country code top-level domain: .sy
Geography of Syria
- Syria is: a country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
- Middle East
- Time in Syria
- Extreme points of Syria
- High: Jabal el-Sheikh 2,814 m (9,232 ft)
- Low: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: 2,253 km
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- Coastline: Mediterranean Sea 193 km
- Population of Syria: 19,929,000 - 54th most populous country
- Area of Syria: 185180 km2
- Atlas of Syria
Environment of Syria
- Climate of Syria
- Environmental issues in Syria
- Geology of Syria
- Protected areas of Syria
- Biosphere reserves in Syria
- National parks of Syria
- Renewable energy in Syria
- Wildlife of Syria
Natural geographic features of Syria
- Glaciers of Syria
- Islands of Syria
- Lakes of Syria
- Mountains of Syria
- Rivers in Syria
- Waterfalls of Syria
- Valleys of Syria
- World Heritage Sites in Syria
Regions of Syria
Regions of Syria
Ecoregions of Syria
- Ecoregions in Syria
Administrative divisions of Syria
Administrative divisions of Syria
- Governorates of Syria
- Districts of Syria
- Municipalities of Syria
Provinces of Syria
- Al-Hasakah
- Aleppo
- Damascus
- Daraa
- Deir ez-Zor
- Hama
- Homs
- Idlib
- Latakia
- Quneitra
- Raqqa
- Rif Dimashq
- As-Suwayda
- Tartus
Districts of Syria
- Al-Hasakah District
- Al Qamishli District
- Al-Malikiyah District
- Ra's al-'Ayn District
- 'Ayn al-'Arab District
- Afrin District
- Al Bab District
- As-Safirah District
- A'zaz District
- Jabal Sam'an
- Jarabulus District
- Manbij District
- Raqqa District
- Ath-Thawrah District
- Tal Abyad District
- As-Suwayda District
- Salkhad District
- Shahba District
- As-Sanamayn District
- Daraa District
- Izra' District
- Abu Kamal District
- Mayadin District
- Deir ez-Zor District
- As-Suqaylabiyah District
- Hama District
- Masyaf District
- Muhardeh District
- Salamiyah District
- Al-Mukharram District
- Al-Qusayr District
- Ar-Rastan District
- Homs District
- Palmyra District
- Talkalakh District
- Arihah District
- Harem District
- Idlib District
- Jisr ash-Shugur District
- Ma'arrat al-Numan District
- Al-Haffah District
- Jableh District
- Latakia District
- Qardaha District
- Fiq District
- Quneitra District
- Al-Qutayfah District
- An-Nabk District
- Al-Tall District
- Darayya District
- Markaz Rif Dimashq
- Duma District
- Qatana District
- Yabrud District
- Zabadani District
- Ash-Shaykh Badr District
- Baniyas District
- Duraykish District
- Safita District
- Tartus District
Municipalities of Syria
Demography of Syria
Government and politics of Syria
Branches of the government of Syria
Executive branch of the government of Syria
- Head of state: President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad; President of the Syrian National Coalition, Moaz al-Khatib
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Syria, Muhammad Naji al-Otari; Prime Minister of the Syrian National Coalition, Ghassan Hitto
- Cabinet of Syria
Legislative branch of the government of Syria
Judicial branch of the government of Syria
Court system of Syria Judiciary of Syria
- High Judicial Council
- Court system of Syria
- Court of Cassation of Syria
- High Constitutional Court of Syria
- Civil and criminal courts of Syria
- Military courts of Syria
- Security courts of Syria
- Supreme Court of Syria
Foreign relations of Syria
International organization membership
International organization membership of Syria The Syrian Arab Republic is a member of:[2]
Syria is one of only 7 U.N. members which is not a member of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Law and order in Syria
Law of Syria
Military of Syria
- Command
- Forces
- Military history of Syria
- Military ranks of Syria
Local government in Syria
Local government in Syria
History of Syria
History of Syria, by period
- Syria during the Stone Age
- Levantine corridor – relatively narrow land route of migrations between the Mediterranean Sea to the northwest and deserts to the southeast that connects Africa into Eurasia. It is believed that early hominids spread from Africa to Asia and Europe via the Horn of Africa and the Levantine corridor (named after the Levant, which includes Syria).
- Cradle of civilization – term referring to locations identified as the sites of the emergence of civilization. In Western European and Middle Eastern cultures, it has frequently been applied to the Ancient Near Eastern Chalcolithic (Ubaid period, Naqada culture), especially in the Fertile Crescent (Levant and Mesopotamia).
- Mesopotamia – area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, corresponding to modern-day Iraq, the northeastern section of Syria and to a lesser extent southeastern Turkey and smaller parts of southwestern Iran. Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization in the West.
- Natufian culture – Epipaleolithic culture that existed from 13,000 to 9,800 years ago in the Levant. It was unusual in that it was sedentary, or semi-sedentary, before the introduction of agriculture.
- Tell Abu Hureyra – archaeological site located in the Euphrates valley in modern Syria. The remains of the villages within the tell come from over 4,000 years of habitation, spanning the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods. The inhabitants of Abu Hureyra started out as hunter-gatherers but gradually transitioned to farming, making them the earliest known farmers in the world.
- Tell Aswad – large prehistoric, Neolithic Tell, about 5 hectares (540,000 sq ft) in size, located around 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Damascus in Syria.
- Tell Ramad – prehistoric, Neolithic tell at the foot of Mount Hermon, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Damascus in Syria. The tell was the site of a small village of 2 hectares (220,000 sq ft), which was first settled in the late eighth millennium BC.
- Halaf culture –
- Syria during the Bronze Age
- Canaanites –
- Amorites –
- Eblaites (Ebla city-state) –
- Ugarites –
- Akkadian Empire –
- Arameans – Northwest Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who originated in what is now modern Syria (Biblical Aram) during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
- Bronze Age collapse – sudden and culturally disruptive transition in the Aegean Region, Southwestern Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age, during which the palace economy characterising the Late Bronze Age was replaced by the isolated village cultures of the Greek Dark Ages. Prior to and during the Bronze Age Collapse, Syria became a battle ground between the empires of the Hittites, Assyrians, Mitanni and Egyptians, and the coastal regions came under attack from the Sea Peoples. From the 13th Century BCE the Arameans came to prominence in Syria, and the region outside of the Phoenician coastal areas eventually became Aramaic speaking.
- Syro-Hittite states –
- Phoenicia –
- Achaemenid Empire –
- Seleucid Empire –
- Syria (Roman province) –
- Palmyrene Empire
- Palmyra –
- Syria in the Middle Ages
- Byzantine Syria –
- Muslim conquest of the Levant –
- Rashidun Caliphate –
- Umayyad Caliphate –
- Great Seljuq Empire –
- Ayyubid dynasty
- Mongol invasions of Syria – starting in the 1240s, the Mongols made repeated invasions of Syria or attempts thereof. Most failed, but they did have some success in 1260 and 1300, capturing Aleppo and Damascus and destroying the Ayyubid dynasty.
- County of Edessa –
- Principality of Antioch –
- Ilkhanate –
- Mamluk Sultanate –
- Early modern period
- Modern history of Syria
- Kingdom of Syria (8 March–24 July 1920)
- State of Syria (1924–1930)
- Republic of Syria (1946-1963)
- Ba'athist Republic of Syria (1963-present)
- 1963 Syrian coup d'état
- 1966 Syrian coup d'état
- 1970 Syrian Corrective Revolution
- Islamic uprising in Syria
- 1999 Latakia protests
- Damascus Spring
- Ain es Saheb airstrike
- Syria Accountability Act
- 2004 Al-Qamishli riots
- Damascus Declaration
- Operation Orchard
- 2008 Abu Kamal raid
- Syrian civil war (15 March 2011 to present)
- Casualties of the Syrian civil war
- Cities and towns during the Syrian civil war
- Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
- Human rights violations during the Syrian civil war
- International demonstrations and protests relating to the Syrian civil war
- International reactions to the Syrian civil war
- List of articles related to the Syrian civil war
- List of bombings during the Syrian civil war
- List of bombings during the Syrian civil war
- List of heritage sites damaged during Syrian civil war
- List of journalists killed during the Syrian civil war
- Refugees of the Syrian civil war
- Russia's role in the Syrian civil war
- Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war
- Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
- Syrian media coverage of the Syrian civil war
- Syrian reactions to the Syrian civil war
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war (January–April 2011)
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war (May–August 2011)
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war (September–December 2011)
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war (January–April 2012)
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war (May–August 2012)
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war (September–December 2012)
- Timeline of the Syrian civil war (from January 2013)
History of Syria, by region
- History of the Middle East
- History of the Levant
- History of Syria
- History of Aleppo
- History of Antioch – an ancient Syrian city, Antioch now lies within the borders of Turkey.
- History of Damascus
- History of Hama
- History of Homs
- History of Syria
- History of the Levant
History of Syria, by subject
- History of religion in Syria
- Military history of Syria
- Mongol invasions of Syria
Culture of Syria
- Architecture of Syria
- Cuisine of Syria
- Festivals in Syria
- Languages of Syria
- Media of Syria
- Museums in Syria
- National symbols of Syria
- Prostitution in Syria
- Public holidays in Syria
- Records of Syria
- Smoking in Syria
- Scouting and Guiding in Syria
- World Heritage Sites in Syria
Art in Syria
- Art in Syria
- Cinema of Syria
- Literature of Syria
- Music of Syria
- Television in Syria
- Theatre in Syria
People of Syria
Religion in Syria
- List of monasteries in Syria
- Christianity in Syria
- Hinduism in Syria
- Islam in Syria
- Judaism in Syria
- Sikhism in Syria
Sports in Syria
Economy and infrastructure of Syria
- Agriculture in Syria
- Banking in Syria
- Communications in Syria
- List of Radio Towers in Syria
- Companies of Syria
- Currency of Syria: Pound
- Damascus Securities Exchange
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 75th (seventy-fifth)
- Energy in Syria
- Energy policy of Syria
- Nuclear energy in Syria
- Power stations in Syria
- Oil industry in Syria
- Mining in Syria
- Tourism in Syria
- Transport in Syria
- Air transport in Syria
- Rail transport in Syria
- Roads in Syria
- Vehicle registration plates of Syria
- Waste management in Syria
- Water in Syria
Education in Syria
- Academic grading in Syria
- List of schools in Syria
- List of universities in Syria
- List of medical schools in Syria
Health in Syria
See also
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- Index of Syria-related articles
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Asia
- Outline of geography
- Greeks in Syria
- Kurds in Syria
- Cabinet of Syria (2001–2003)
- Cabinet of Syria (2003–2011)
- Embassy of Syria in Moscow
- Embassy of Syria, Berlin
- Embassy of Syria, London
- Embassy of Syria, Washington, D.C.
- 2011 in Syria
- 2013 Israeli Airstrike in Syria
- Ambassador of Syria to the United States
- Antiglobalization activists in Syria
- Armenian Evangelical Christian Endeavor Union of Syria and Lebanon
- Bank of Syria and Overseas
- Canadians of Syrian ancestry
- Center for Documentation of Violations in Syria
- Commercial Bank of Syria
- Domnina of Syria
- Entrepreneurship policies in Syria
- Friends of Syria Group
- General Union of Syrian Women
- Hama uprising in Syria
- History of Syria: including Lebanon and Palestine
- History of the Jews in Syria
- International rankings of Syria
- Internet censorship in Syria
- Islamic uprising in Syria
- Jobert of Syria
- King of Syria
- Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
- LGBT rights in Syria
- List of Lebanese in Syrian jails
- List of Seljuk rulers in Syria (1076–1117)
- List of Syriac Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
- List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch
- List of Syriac Patriarchs of Antioch from 512 to 1783
- List of Syriac writers
- Local Coordination Committees of Syria
- Macedonius of Syria
- Malchus of Syria
- Military ranks of Syria
- Movement for Justice and Development in Syria
- Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
- Names of Syriac Christians
- Nicanor of Syria
- Postage stamps and postal history of Syria
- Stratonice of Syria
- Thalassius and Limneus
- The Day After: Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria
References
- ^ "Arab foreign ministers offer Syrian opposition coalition country's Arab League seat". Associated Press. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ "Syria". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ "Arab Federation for Engineering Industries".
External links
Wikimedia Atlas of Syria
- Search
- Syria Syrian search engine
- Etymology
- Syria and Asyria Etymology
- Government
- Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- E.sy, the First Complete Governmental Online Services
- The Syrian Baath Party
- Syrian Parliament
- Syria:country study, Lib. of Congress
- Culture
- The Syrian National Film Organization
- Syrian General Organization of Radio and TV
- Al Assad National Library
- Pictures of Syria
- Interactive Panoramas of Syria (QuickTime required)
- Society
- syriapath for Syrians and Syrian expats
- Syria-Events A website which keeps track of upcoming events and activities in Syria
- A short video song about Syria and its main landmarks
- News
- amude.net political news (in Kurdish)
- knntv.net political news (in Arabic)
- esyria.sy the first complete Syrian portal
- syria-news.com popular local news website
- syriatodaynews.com news agency
- sana.org SANA Syrian Arab News Agency, government news agency
- rtv.gov.sy Syrian General Organization of Radio and TV
- champress.net Cham Press, a complete roundup of news about Syria (in Arabic and English)
- Cities & Towns
- Mashta Al Helou Official Website
- Safita Official Website
- alkafroun Official Website
- Marmarita Official Website
- Travel
Syria travel guide from Wikivoyage
