Syria

E9905

city civil war country in Western Asia human sovereign state

Syria is a country in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, known for its ancient civilizations, diverse cultural heritage, and protracted civil war since 2011.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Syria canonical	1,329
Syrian Arab Republic	81
State of Syria	5
Syrian Republic	5
سوريا	5
Syrian state	3
الجمهورية العربية السورية	3
United Arab Republic	2
Bilad al-Sham	1
Syria (Bilad al-Sham)	1
Syria (by later tradition)	1
Syria (for long periods)	1
Syria (modern territory)	1
Syria (suspended)	1
Syrian Federation	1
Syrian Republic (1946–1958)	1
Syrian government	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ city ⓘ civil war ⓘ country in Western Asia ⓘ human ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
callingCode	+963 ⓘ
capital	Damascus ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Syria self-linksurface differs ⓘ Syria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
currency	Syrian pound ⓘ
demonym	Syrian ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab Armenians ⓘ surface form: Armenian Assyrians ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Kurds ⓘ surface form: Kurd
governmentType	unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasBorderWith	Iraq ⓘ Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
hasCity	Hama ⓘ Homs ⓘ Latakia ⓘ
hasCivilWar	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
hasCoastOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
headOfState	Bashar al-Assad ⓘ
historicalRegion	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
independenceDate	1946-04-17 ⓘ
independenceFrom	France ⓘ
internetTLD	.sy ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2	SY ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3	SYR ⓘ
ISO4217Code	SYP ⓘ
largestCity	Aleppo ⓘ
legislature	People's Assembly of Syria ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+02:00 ⓘ
memberOf	Arab League ⓘ Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
officialName	Syria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
partOf	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Fertile Crescent
positionHeld	President of Syria ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Druze ⓘ Islam ⓘ
startTime	2011 ⓘ
UNMemberState	true ⓘ

Referenced by (1,442)

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

Eastern Mediterranean → typicalCountryIncluded → Syria ⓘ

Roman Empire → territoryIncludes → Syria ⓘ

Arabic → officialLanguageOf → Syria ⓘ

Arab world → hasCountry → Syria ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → borderedByCountry → Syria ⓘ

Turkey → borderCountry → Syria ⓘ

Gulf War → belligerent → Syria ⓘ

Asia → containsCountry → Syria ⓘ

Judeo-Arabic → region → Syria ⓘ

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Arab Republic

Member States of the United Nations → hasFormerMember → Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Arab Republic

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → originalSignatory → Syria ⓘ

Middle East → includesCountry → Syria ⓘ

Turkish language → hasSignificantSpeakerCommunityIn → Syria ⓘ

Ottoman Empire → successor → Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Arab Republic

Russian Black Sea Fleet → hasBaseCountry → Syria ⓘ

Arab Spring → notableCountry → Syria ⓘ

Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → location → Syria ⓘ

Arab League → foundingMember → Syria ⓘ

Arab League → hasMember → Syria ⓘ

Arab League → suspendedMember → Syria ⓘ

Global War on Terrorism → includesTheater → Syria ⓘ

Eastern European Time → usedInCountry → Syria ⓘ

Arab–Israeli conflict → keyParty → Syria ⓘ

Middle East shuttle diplomacy → hasKeyParticipant → Syria ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Syria ⓘ

Palestinian → hasDiaspora → Syria ⓘ

Mesopotamia → modernTerritoryIncludes → Syria ⓘ

Hellenistic Jews → geographicDistribution → Syria ⓘ

Iraq → borderCountry → Syria ⓘ

Israel → borderCountry → Syria ⓘ

The Innocents Abroad → featuresLocation → Syria ⓘ

Armenians → diasporaPresence → Syria ⓘ

French colonial empire → territory → Syria ⓘ

Levantine Arabic → country → Syria ⓘ

Levantine Arabic → spokenIn → Syria ⓘ

Kurds → countryOfResidence → Syria ⓘ

Kurds → regionContestedWith → Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian state

Kurds → recognizedMinorityIn → Syria ⓘ

Operation Shader → theatre → Syria ⓘ

Umayyad Caliphate → expandedTo → Syria ⓘ

Umayyad Caliphate → coreTerritory → Syria ⓘ

Mizrahi Jews → countryOfOrigin → Syria ⓘ

Oriental Orthodoxy → primaryRegion → Syria ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → hasMemberState → Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Arab Republic

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean → servesCountry → Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Arab Republic

Cyprus → nearestMainland → Syria ⓘ

Apostle Paul → activityRegion → Syria ⓘ

Assyrians → majorPopulationCenter → Syria ⓘ

Assyrians → recognizedAsIndigenousIn → Syria ⓘ