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 Syria



  The Syrian flag used to be the flag of the United Arab

Republic. The two green stars on the flag represent

the two states of Egypt and Syria of the United Arab

Republic. The three colored bands are the colors

associated with the Arab Liberation Flag.

In 1946 Syria gained independence from France.

   The countries that share a border with Syria include: Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon.

The capital city of Syria is Damascus.

Some items that Syria exports are crude oil, minerals, petroleum products, fruits and vegetables, cotton fiber, textiles, clothing, meat, live animals, and wheat. 

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The approximate current population in Syria is 19,747,586

Some of the items Syria must import include machinery and transport equipment,electric power machinery, food and livestock, metals, chemicals and products made of chemicals, paper, plastic, and yarn.

In 1970 Hafiz al-ASAD seized power and brought political stability to Syria <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ebb60a; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> Bashard al-ASAD

Bashard al-ASAD is the current leader of Syria. He was

approved as president by way of popular referendum after the

death of his father, former president of Syria Hafiz al-ASAD,

in July of 2000.

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #61c9ff; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> =In 1946 Syria gained independence from France.= =<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #67c3f9; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #67c3f9; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Government : <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #67c3f9; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #67c3f9; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> = <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #67c3f9; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Syria is under the control of an authoritarian military-

dominated regime. This type of government controls

their country with show of force and, faith in the

military to keep things under control. The leader of the

country is chosen by election.

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 250%; COLOR: #fd3f3f; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #4200c2; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> Three things that I would like to see in Syria would be the Euphrates river,Lake Assad and, camels.



<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Your Name: Dan Solomon

** Answer yes or no to the following questions: ** Did this person center the name of their country? yes Did this person insert a picture of the country’s flag? yes Did this person insert a picture of the country? yes Did this student include the names of the current leaders? _ yes

** Answer the following questions: ** What is the population of the country?_ 19747586 What is the name of the capital city?_ Damascous If you had to choose one of the three places/things to visit, which would you choose and why? i would like to see the camles, because i have never seen a camel before.

What do you like about their Wiki page? i like the colors and the fonts.

What needs work? you could change the orgnization a little.

Rate the students’ effort on this Wiki page 1-10 __10