Syria
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- proper noun
- /ˈsɪr.i.ə/
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- Perhaps the most important of the region's hopeful signs is the rebellion in Syria.
- government of Syria
- Libya and Syria
- Lebanon and Syria
Like I said, mistakes were made in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
- Like I said, mistakes were made in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
- I expect that the appalling crisis in Syria will top our discussions.
- No, no, our presence in Syria is illegal.
- It's the Islamic Republic's involvement in Syria with Bashar Assad.
- So how long after the battle did you leave Syria?
- A classic example is not from Egypt, but from Syria.
- And so he was very unlikely to succumb to going into Syria.
- We can't pretend to be on the run from Eritrea, right, or Syria.
- Trump cut and ran from Syria to a couple of months ago.
- Addressing crises in Syria, Yemen or South Sudan.
- We can do things in Syria, we can solve problems in Iran.
- A little crisis that begins in Syria, and that's what it leads to.
Examples
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I expect that the appalling crisis in Syria will top our discussions.
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We're wheels down in Syria in 24 hours.
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And when you see the news in Syria now, what do you see?
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But leaving Syria is dangerous but staying is even worse.
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The country agreed to return the land to Syria in exchange for a peace agreement.
Blog text (1) -
Do you think we should be out of Syria and out of Afghanistan at this point?
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Finally, the human rights situation in Syria remains appalling and shows no signs of improving.
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From the very start, Syria made no secret of its intent to undermine the U.S. invasion.
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They left Syria because it was now precarious to be Jewish in Syria.
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The world is paying close attention to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria.
Synonyms
The official name of Syria, a country in the Middle East
Surface Forms
Etymology
Syria comes from a very old name for the region and is linked to Assyria, an ancient empire that once ruled nearby lands. That's why the name Syria has been used for this country and area for thousands of years.