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The majority of Syrian Arabs speak a variety of dialects belonging to Levantine Arabic.Arab tribes and clans of Bedouin descent are mainly concentrated in the governorates of al-Hasakah, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and eastern Aleppo, forming roughly 30% of the total population and speaking a dialect related to Bedouin and Najdi Arabic.
On 1 January 2011, Syria was estimated to have a population of 24 million people, distributed over its 14 governorates. [51] Arabs represent 80-85% of the population, with the rest being a mixture of many ethnic and religious sects, as shown in the table below:
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Syria" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Most ethnic Arab and Kurdish people in Northern Syria adhere to Sunni Islam, while ethnic Assyrian people generally are Syriac Orthodox, Chaldean Catholic, Syriac Catholic or adherents of the Assyrian Church of the East. There are also adherents to other religions, such as Yazidism. [338]
They form the fifth largest ethnic group in the country (around 1.5% in 2013 [11]) but the fourth largest Sunni Muslim community in Syria. They live mostly in three Syrian governorates: the Hama Governorate, the Homs Governorate and the Quneitra Governorate. [11] Most Circassians speak very good Arabic but they have also retained their mother ...
Ethnic, religious and topographical considerations were ignored or minimized. Now, just over a hundred years later, we are at another crossroads in the aftermath of the collapse of Syria, one of ...
The international community, including the US, has called on the new Syrian leaders to respect the rights of ethnic minorities, but their long-term approach towards minority groups remains to be seen.
Most critically, those who build Syria’s next political system will need to overcome the most important legacy of the half century of Assad rule: the ethnic and sectarian conflict and strife ...