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Syria has a population of approximately 21 million people, and Syrian government figures place the population growth rate at 2.37%, with 65% of the population under the age of 35 and more than 40% under the age of 15. [24] Each year more than 200,000 new job seekers enter the Syrian job market, but the economy has not been able to absorb them. [86]
Syria, [h] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [i] [16] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
Syria's refugee crisis in numbers, Amnesty International, 4 September 2015; Jay Akbar: Revealed: How the five wealthiest Gulf Nations have so far refused to take a single Syrian refugee, Daily Mail, 4 September 2015; svg source: This file was derived from: Syrian refugees in the Middle East map.svg; Author: Furfur: Permission (Reusing this file)
The world was caught off guard by the swift end of Bashar Assad's rule in Syria. For the US, there are risks and opportunities in a post-Assad Syria. Post-Assad Syria will be a new challenge for ...
The new regime in Damascus brings questions and opportunities.
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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Middle East Countries (2018) Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, North Cyprus *, Oman, Palestine *, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria (DFNS), Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen *Not a UN member This is a list of modern conflicts ensuing in the geographic ...
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.