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The region around what is now southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has long been a crossroads of ancient civilizations, shaping the cultural and political landscape of the Near East. Before being completely subdued by the Persians and Romans in the 1st century BCE, five notable civilisations thrived, eventually becoming the genetic and ...
The area has also been nicknamed Federal Northern Syria and the Democratic Confederalist Autonomous Areas of Northern Syria. [9] The first name of the local government for the Kurdish-dominated areas in Afrin District , Ayn al-Arab District (Kobanî), and northern al-Hasakah Governorate was "Interim Transitional Administration", adopted in 2013 ...
Flood in Northern Syria after collapse of the Zeyzoun Dam, June 2002 Syria is the twelfth most water stressed country in the world. The country's waterways are of vital importance to its agricultural development. The longest and most important river is the Euphrates, which represents more than 80 percent of Syria's water resources.
Syrian Kurdistan [a] or Rojava (Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistanê, lit. 'Kurdistan where the sun sets') is a region in northern Syria where Kurds form the majority. It is surrounding three noncontiguous enclaves along the Turkish and Iraqi borders: Afrin in the northwest, Kobani in the north, and Jazira in the northeast. [1]
Northern Syria or North Syria may refer to: Upper Mesopotamia, which partly overlaps with northeastern Syria; Northern governorates, of the Syrian Arab Republic; Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, self-declared autonomous region in Syria; Turkish occupation of North Syria, joint Turkish-Syrian opposition held buffer zone
During the Ottoman Empire (1299–1922), large Kurdish-speaking tribal groups both settled in and were deported to areas of northern Syria from Anatolia. The largest of these tribal groups was the Reshwan confederation, which was initially based in Adıyaman Province but eventually also settled throughout Anatolia.
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The geology of Syria includes ancient metamorphic rocks from the Precambrian belonging to the Arabian Craton, as well as numerous marine sedimentary rocks and some erupted basalt up to recent times. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]