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Syria is divided into fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). The governorates are divided into a total of sixty districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), which are further divided into sub-districts, or nawahi (sing. nahiya). The capital Damascus is the second largest city in Syria, and the metropolitan area is a governorate ...
Pages in category "Landforms of Syria" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Al-Hammad; G.
Pages in category "Lists of landforms of Syria" ... List of volcanoes in Syria This page was last edited on 18 September 2019, at 13:25 (UTC). ...
The Syrian Desert (Arabic: بادية الشام Bādiyat Ash-Shām), also known as the North Arabian Desert, [1] the Jordanian steppe, or the Badiya, [2] is a region of desert, semi-desert, and steppe, covering about 500,000 square kilometers (200,000 square miles) of West Asia, including parts of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria, and western Iraq.
The location of Syria An enlargeable map of the Syrian Arab Republic. 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.
Tartus (Arabic: طَرْطُوس / ALA-LC: Ṭarṭūs; known in the County of Tripoli as Tortosa and also transliterated from French Tartous) is a major port city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. [4] It is the second largest port city in Syria (after Latakia), and the largest city in Tartus Governorate. [5]
The collapse of Assad's government could have major global implications. Syrians around the world celebrated as rebels, after more than a decadelong fight, finally toppled the country's longtime ...
Syria, [a] also known as Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine, [2] is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. [3] The region boundaries have changed throughout history. However, in modern times, the term "Syria" alone is used to refer to the Syrian Arab Republic.