SYRIA (As-Suriyah) - Syria is an independent nation in the Middle East. Dominated politically by the Socialist Baath administration, Syria's people are mostly of Arab stock with a minority of Kurds living in the North along the Turkish border.

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Syria border with Lebanon
Syria border with Turkey
Syria is As-Suriyah
Syria had culture Umayyads
Syria is independent nation of Middle East
Syria is associated country of Arab music