Facts about Syria

Location

• Syria is located in Southwestern Asia• it’s bordered by Turkey on the north, Lebanon

and Israel on the west, Iraq on the east, and Jordan on the south

• Capital: Damascus

• Largest city: Aleppo

• Population (July 2014): 17,951,639

• Area: 185,180 km2

• President: Bashar al-Assad

• Prime minister: Wael Nader al-Halgi

• GDP: $59.957 billion

• Currency: Syrian pound

• Official language: Arabic

• Religion:– Sunni Muslims 74%– Shia Muslims 13%– Christians 10%– Others 3%

Economy of Syria

• Agriculture – olive oil– vegetables

• Oil

• Tourism

Civil war

• inspired by Arabic spring movement

• since 2011.

• Al-Assad vs. rebeles against his regime

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w