officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية Al-Jumhūriyyah Al-‘Arabīyah As-Sūriyyah Arabic pronunciation (help·info)), is a country in Western Asia, bordering 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.
In English, the name Syria was formerly synonymous with the Levant, known in Arabic as Sham
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