{"id":8978,"date":"2021-12-03T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2021-12-03T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:04:48","slug":"syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
Syria, officially the\u00a0Syrian Arab Republic, is a\u00a0country<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Western Asia<\/a>, bordering\u00a0Lebanon<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0the southwest<\/a>, the\u00a0Mediterranean Sea<\/a>\u00a0to the west,\u00a0Turkey<\/a>\u00a0to the north,\u00a0Iraq<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0the east<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0the south<\/a>, and\u00a0Israel<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0the southwest<\/a>. Its\u00a0capital<\/a>\u00a0and largest city is\u00a0Damascus<\/a>. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to\u00a0diverse ethnic and religious groups<\/a>, including the majority\u00a0Syrian Arabs<\/a>,\u00a0Kurds<\/a>,\u00a0Turkmens<\/a>,\u00a0Assyrians<\/a>,\u00a0Armenians<\/a>,\u00a0Circassians<\/a>,<\/sup>\u00a0Mandaeans<\/a>,<\/sup>\u00a0and\u00a0Greeks<\/a>. Religious groups include\u00a0Sunnis<\/a>,\u00a0Christians<\/a>,\u00a0Alawites<\/a>,\u00a0Druze<\/a>,\u00a0Isma’ilis<\/a>,\u00a0Mandaeans<\/a>,\u00a0Shiites<\/a>,\u00a0Salafis<\/a>, and\u00a0Yazidis<\/a>. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Sunnis are the largest religious group.<\/p>\n