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No Turkish delight (Rep. Ed Royce)Last month, Turkey pulled the plug on a routine military exercise with NATO and Israel's air force. Exercises with Syria are planned though. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamist AKP party came to power in 2003, recently... In this article: Turkey, Darfur, European Union, NATO, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Turkish Delight, Ed Royce, Islam, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
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L.A. Times - Babylon & Beyond | October 28, 2009
IRAN: Ahmadinejad, Turkish premier find common ground on nuclear issue
Despite recent tensions, Turkey has worked hard over the years to maintain cordial relations with Israel, Iran and the Arab world, and even hosted secret negotiations between Syria and Israel over the Golan Heights last year. Erdogan...
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iran, Turkey, Israel, Natural gas, Tehran, Allegation, Islamic, and Golan Heights
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Wired: Threat Level | November 03, 2009
Mossad Hacked Syrian Official's Computer Before Bombing Mysterious Facility
...to hasten their progress. In early 2007, Iran's former deputy Minister of Defense defected to Turkey and told the CIA that Iran was funding a top-secret nuclear facility in Syria in conjunction with North Korea. Days before the Israeli...
In this article: Mossad, Israel, Der Spiegel, Ehud Olmert, Bashar Assad, Uranium, North Korea, and U.S. National Security Agency
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Salon | November 03, 2009
How Israel destroyed Syria's Al Kibar nuclear reactor
...Damascus in 2005. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traveled to Syria in 2006, where he is believed to have promised the Syrians more than $1 billion in assistance and urged them to accelerate their efforts. According to this...
In this article: Bashar Assad, International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali-Reza Asgari, Ehud Olmert, Uranium, Mossad, and Damascus
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | September 29, 2009
Iran put nuclear site near base in case of attack
...U.S. officials. Israel, which has attacked nuclear sites in Iraq and Syria previously, considers Iran's nuclear and missile development a strategic threat and Ahmadinejad has made repeated references to Israel's destruction. Israel has not...
In this article: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, United States, Qom, Uranium, United Nations, Geneva, and Israel
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National Public Radio | October 29, 2009
Foreign Policy: Why Is Obama So Bad With Dates?
...their two countries. While Turkey's realignment towards Iran and Syria is by now familiar, it is possible that the Obama administration might be more annoyed at this development than it has let on publicly. Obama recently sent an...
In this article: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tehran, Turkey, State Department, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Eastern Europe, and Poland
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National Review Online: Politics | June 18, 2009
Charen: Man of the Hour
...one man will play a decisive role in the outcome. Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accepted the congratulations of Syria's Bashar Assad and Russia's Dmitri Medvedev on his wonderful victory. Many people find it wonderful, though not in the...
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Basij, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ali Khamenei, Tehran, Unemployment, and Majlis
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L.A. Times - World News | August 20, 2009
Ahmadinejad to retain Iranian foreign minister, a move likely to reassure Western diplomats
...suggests Iran will not further harden its posture in negotiating with the West. Meanwhile, Syria's president visits Iran to meet Khamenei and Ahmadinejad. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, meets with Foreign Minister Manouchehr...
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Manouchehr Mottaki, Tehran, Iran, Bashar Assad, Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran, and Mohammad Khatami
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USATODAY.com | September 07, 2009
U.N. agency: Nuclear 'stalemate' with Iran
...Tehran. In a statement to the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency- which is taking a hard new look at Iran and Syria this week -Mohamed ElBaradei urged the Islamic Republic to "substantively re-engage" with the...
In this article: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, Uranium, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Security Council, Mohammad Saeedi, and United States
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JPost.com Middle East | May 07, 2009
Analysis: Iran-Syria alliance in harmony
...Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and President Bashar Assad of Syria reconfirmed the close alliance between their two countries during the Iranian president's visit to Damascus this week. Ahmadinejad's visit came...
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bashar Assad, Iran, Damascus, Hizbullah, and US
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Syria (Arabic: سورية ' or سوريا '), officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية), is an Arab country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north.
The name Syria formerly comprised the entire region of the Levant, while the modern state encompasses the site of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization of the third millennium BC. In the Islamic era, its capital city, Damascus, was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Empire. Damascus is widely regarded as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Modern Syria was created as a French mandate and attained independence in April 1946, as a parliamentary republic. The post-independence period was rocky, and a large number of military coups and coup attempts shook the country in the period 1949-1970. Syria has been under Emergency Law since 1962, effectively suspending most constitutional protections for citizens. The country has been governed by the Baath Party since 1963, although actual power is concentrated to the presidency and a narrow grouping of military and political strongmen. Syria's current president is Bashar al-Assad, son of Hafez al-Assad, who held office from 1970 until his death in 2000. Syria has played a major regional role, particularly through its central role in the Arab conflict with Israel, which since 1967 has occupied the Golan Heights, and by active involvement in Lebanese and Palestinian affairs.
- Name:
- Syria
- Capital:
- Damascus
- Language:
- Aramaic, Armenian, Kurdish, Turkmen
- Arabic
- Largest City:
- Damascus
- Government type:
- Presidential single party republic under Emergency Law since 1963
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1944
- Formations:
- First declaration
- Area:
- 185180
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $94.408 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $54.803 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $2,756
- Time Zone:
- EET
- Currency:
- Syrian pound
- Demonym:
- Syrian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- SYP
- Country Calling Code:
- 963
- ccTLD:
- .sy
- Anthem:
- Homat el Diyar
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