northern Syria

E197662

geographic region

Northern Syria is a historically rich region at the crossroads of Anatolia and the Levant, long contested and culturally diverse, encompassing key ancient and modern trade and conflict zones.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
northern Syria canonical	30
Northern Syria	8
northwestern Syria	3
Syrian–Turkish border regions	1
northern Syria (historical region)	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ
borders	Iraq ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
borderTypeWithTurkey	international land border ⓘ
conflictZone	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
contains	Aleppo Governorate ⓘ Deir ez-Zor ⓘ surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate Hasakah Governorate ⓘ Idlib Governorate ⓘ Raqqa ⓘ surface form: Raqqa Governorate
containsArchaeologicalSite	Ain Dara Temple ⓘ Dura-Europos ⓘ Ebla ⓘ Mari ⓘ Tell Brak ⓘ
containsDeFactoEntity	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ⓘ Turkish-occupied zones in northern Syria ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Armenians ⓘ Assyrians ⓘ Kurds ⓘ Turkmens ⓘ surface form: Turkmen
hasKeyBorderCrossing	Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing ⓘ Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing ⓘ Tal Abyad Border Crossing ⓘ
hasMilitaryPresenceOf	Russian Armed Forces ⓘ Syrian Arab Army ⓘ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces Armed Forces of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Turkish Armed Forces United States Armed Forces ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	cotton ⓘ natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ wheat ⓘ
hasReligion	Alawites ⓘ surface form: Alawite Islam Christianity ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ Yazidism ⓘ
historicallyConnectedTo	Anatolia ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
historicalRegion	Al-Jazira region ⓘ surface form: Al-Jazira Syrian Desert ⓘ surface form: Syrian steppe Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Syriac ⓘ Turkmen language ⓘ
locatedIn	Middle East ⓘ Western Eurasia ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
majorCity	al-Hasakah Governorate ⓘ surface form: Al-Hasakah Aleppo ⓘ Idlib Governorate ⓘ surface form: Idlib Qamishli ⓘ Raqqa ⓘ
partOf	Fertile Crescent ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
strategicImportance	agricultural heartland ⓘ energy transit corridor ⓘ trade crossroads ⓘ
traversedBy	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River Khabur River ⓘ Orontes River ⓘ
wasPartOf	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luwian polities → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Hieroglyphic Luwian → region → northern Syria ⓘ

Kurmanji → region → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Kurdish–Turkish conflict → location → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian–Turkish border regions

Aleppo → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Tabqa Dam → affectsRegion → northern Syria ⓘ

Tabqa Dam → region → northern Syria ⓘ

Artah → region → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Syria (historical region)

Balikh River → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Raymond of Poitiers → regionRuled → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

Battle of Kobani → location → northern Syria ⓘ

Idlib offensive → location → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Syria

Bohemond II of Antioch → regionOfRule → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

Sajur River → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

Mitanni → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Mursili II → regionRuled → northern Syria ⓘ

Karkemish → region → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

Neo-Hittite states → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Raqqa → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

AANES → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

PYD → regionOfOperation → northern Syria ⓘ

PYD → headquartersLocation → northern Syria ⓘ

Kobanî → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Kurdistan Workers’ Party → primaryAreaOfOperation → northern Syria ⓘ

Democratic Union Party → regionOfActivity → northern Syria ⓘ

Operation Olive Branch → location → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Syria

Hattusili III → sphereOfInfluence → northern Syria ⓘ

Suppiluliuma II → regionRuled → northern Syria ⓘ

ancient trade route Via Maris → terminus → northern Syria ⓘ

subject surface form: Via Maris

Osroene → locatedInPresentDay → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

State of Aleppo → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

National Museum of Aleppo → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Syria

Halab → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

University of Aleppo → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

University of Aleppo → regionServed → northern Syria ⓘ

Aleppo Governorate → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Mitanni kingdom → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Amorite dynasty of Yamkhad → locatedIn → northern Syria ⓘ

Artuqid dynasty → region → northern Syria ⓘ

Lake Assad → region → northern Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria

Al-Thawrah → locatedInRegion → northern Syria ⓘ

Tabqa city → region → northern Syria ⓘ

subject surface form: Tabqa