{"id":79088,"date":"2025-12-22T14:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=79088"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:03:11","slug":"key-facts-about-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Syria Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the US military carried out a strike against the Islamic State group in Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Syria<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located on the <\/span><b>east coast of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mediterranean-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mediterranean Sea<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>southwestern Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <\/span><b>Turkey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the north, <\/span><b>Lebanon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the west, <\/span><b>Iraq<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east, <\/span><b>Jordan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the south and <\/span><b>Israel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Damascus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Syria<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syria&#8217;s geography offers two major regions, a western and an eastern part.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The western region features narrow, fertile coastal plains along the <\/span><b>eastern Mediterranean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>eastern part<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the country is the <\/span><b>realm of the Syrian Desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is a mixture of dry <\/span><b>steppe and true desert landscape.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b> <b>Euphrates River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flows across Syria before entering Iraq.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes:<\/b> <b>Lake al-Assad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a man-made reservoir,) created by a dam on the Euphrates River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Southern and eastern Syria are part of <\/span><b>the northern Syrian Desert.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mt Hermon (2,814 m)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/us-military-carries-out-strike-against-is-group-in-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. 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