Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the... Wikipedia
Capital: Damascus
President: Bashar al-Assad
Official language: Arabic
Government: Totalitarianism, Unitary state, and Semi-presidential system
Gross domestic product: 8.97 billion USD (2021)
GDP (nominal): 2020 estimate
Population: 22.13 million (2022)
Source: World Bank
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