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The Northern Syrian Provinces, or Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia, are areas of Ottoman Syria that were annexed to Turkiye. In 1921, the Ankara Agreement was finalised between France and the Turkish national government in exchange for Turkey's recognition of the French mandate over Syria .
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.
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 ...
Tigris river flows through Mosul, near the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is a major settlement and hosts farmland in Upper Mesopotamia. The name al-Jazira has been used since the 7th century AD by Islamic sources to refer to the northern section of Mesopotamia, [citation needed] while the Lower Mesopotamia, also known as Sawād, is the southern part of Mesopotamia.
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
The New York-based watchdog said the abuses were committed by Turkish forces and also armed factions backed by Ankara in areas they control in northern Syria. There was no immediate response from ...
An enlargeable topographic map of Syria. Geography of Syria. Syria is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia Western Asia. Southwest Asia; Middle East Levant; Time in Syria. Time zone: UTC+02, summer UTC+03; Extreme points of Syria High: Jabal el-Sheikh 2,814 m (9,232 ft) Low: Mediterranean Sea 0 m; Land ...