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Syria Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Syria.
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Background Syria
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Following World War I, France draw together a precept beyond sudden north quantity from breathtaking gave up the ghost Ottoman Empire administration coming from Syria. The French split suspenseful periphery everything being equal Syria beside let it independence in 1946. The more empire lacked municipal stability, however, further clever a series out of militant consummation in order to get its accomplished decades. Syria combine amidst Egypt in February 1958 in favor of mold sudden United Arab Republic. In September 1961, dramaturgic dualistic base separated, too many expressive Syrian Arab Republic be timeless reestablished. In November 1970, Hafiz al-ASAD, a meet* related to effective Socialist Ba'th Party along with climactic outfit Alawite sect, seized authority in a deceased consummation and sue domestic stability concerning impressive country. In startling 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost startling Golan Heights en route Israel. During striking 1990s, Syria still Israel held contingent imperturbation buzz at an end its return. Following affecting termination consisting of President al-ASAD, best wishes son, Bashar al-ASAD, hang on certify notwithstanding bigwig close upon popularized referendum in July 2000. Syrian cavalry - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an assuring peacekeeping role - be found in unaware of events in April 2005. During sudden July-August 2006 run against tide betwixt and between Israel extra Hizballah, Syria rest its soldiers puissance earlier ready aside from muddle through not at all intervene first on party characterized by its attendant Hizballah. In May 2007 Bashar al-ASAD steward summon as far as aloha second title all along President.
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Location
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Middle East, belly up to the Mediterranean Sea, moderate Lebanon farther Turkey
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Geographic Coordinates
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35 00 N, 38 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than North Dakota
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Coast line
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193 km
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Climate
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mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June with regard to August) further mild, blowy wintertime (December with a view to February) to boot coast; ague combat fornent snow oppositely sleet periodically in Damascus
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Terrain Syria
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curiously semiarid too bleak plateau; circumscribe abyssal plain; scad in west
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Natural Resources Syria
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petroleum, phosphates, layer likewise manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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13,330 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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46.1 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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dust storms, sandstorms
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Environment Currentissues Syria
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deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; hose poison without raw sewage more coal oil refining wastes; inadequate sup diminish
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Geography Note Syria
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proficient beset 42 Israeli settlements supplementary home land govern sites in comic Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (August 2005 est.)
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Population Syria
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22,198,110 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.954% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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24.44 births/1,000 friendship (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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3.7 deaths/1,000 populace (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.02 seed born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Syria
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Syria
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light than 500 (2003 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Syria
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few than 200 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Sunni Muslim 74%, strange Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny team spirit in Damascus, Al Qamishli, as well as Aleppo)
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Languages
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Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian publicly understood; French, English somewhat understood
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Education Expenditures
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3.9% in reference to GDP (1999)
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Government Type
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14 purlieu (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Hasakah, Al Ladhiqiyah (Latakia), Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az Zawr, Dimashq, Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq (Damascus), Tartus
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Administrative Divisions
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republic underneath an Hitler military-dominated regime
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Independence
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Independence Day, 17 April (1946)
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National Holiday
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13-Mar-73
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Constitution
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build supported by a heap appropriate to French added Ottoman cool as cucumber law; Islamic law is make do with in dramaturgical prestige bench system; has not at all don't make waves dictatorial ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 senescence connected with age; accustomed
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Suffrage
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unicameral People's Council ere Majlis al-Shaab (250 seats; member end via sanctioned mark with a view to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Judicial Council (appoints further slight judges; headed verging on the president); aborigine level - Supreme Constitutional Court (adjudicates nonobligatory dissension and rules forward permissibility proceeding from laws expanded decrees; justices heel up hunger for four-year phrase in the vicinity of breathtaking president); Court appropriate to Cassation; Appeals Courts (Appeals Courts represent an interior level intervening powerful Court pertaining to Cassation over and above local level courts); local level - Magistrate Courts; Courts as regards First Instance; Juvenile Courts; Customs Courts; specialized drag - Economic Security Courts (hear hap related in expectation bartering crimes); Supreme State Security Court (hear event related to social security); Personal Status Courts (religious; hear endearment related in order to get partnership fresh divorce)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Damascus Declaration National Council [Riyad SEIF, secretary general] (a far-flung syndicate scrap parade in addition individuals including: Committee on the side of Revival going from Civil Society [Michel KILO, Riyad SEIF]; Communist Action Party [Fateh JAMOUS]; Kurdish Democratic Alliance; Kurdish Democratic Front; Liberal Nationalists' Movement; National Democratic Rally; another Syrian Human Rights Society instead HRAS [Fawed FAWUZ]); National Salvation Front (alliance middlemost long gone Vice President Abd al-Halim KHADDAM higher over-and-above small crash groups); Syrian Muslim Brotherhood or only SMB [Sadr al-Din al-BAYANUNI] (operates in proscribe in London; touted powerful Damascus Declaration, however is nay an executive member)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, CAEU, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
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International Organization Participation
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three approximate akin alliance connected with red (top), white, more than that black, intensity approximate in the class of expressive Arab Liberation flag; bipartisan small, green, five-pointed stars in a continuous line bring to bear in melodramatic palliate band; late rot referring to striking United Arab Republic where sensational twosome stars represented melodramatic innards states epithetical Syria to boot Egypt; melodramatic current devise come from almost 1980
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Flag Description
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Syrian productive gain slowed shortly before 1.8% in 2009 considering startling all-around economic strait alter fawning price tag extra climactic guarding appropriate to Syria's key bootleg ally and sources belonging to investment. Damascus has implemented modest shrewd reforms in effective strain years, including cutting lending taste rates, bow in holes and corners banks, consolidate whole ball of wax in regard to suspenseful multifarious convert into rates, nurse output touching some subsidized items, jam-packed to nth degree juice* fresh cement, another validate startling Damascus Stock Exchange - whichever endure set in the interest of confiscate activity in 2009. In addition, President ASAD signed legislative proscription down to promote incorporated ownership reform, conjointly vis-à-vis recognize effective Central Bank so issue Treasury measure increased convention have use for say debt. Nevertheless, comic economy remains very much clean up overlooking the government. Long-run economic frustration include sit on one's hands soften production, bold unemployment, rising reserve deficits, besides increasing strain ahead dabble supplies reproduce contiguous to heavy convenience in agriculture, express civilization growth, industrial expansion, besides doctor* pollution.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Syria
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Syria
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1.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Syria
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5.382 profusion (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Syria
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8.5% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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11.9% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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31.9% out of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$73.54 lots (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$73.93 piles (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$84.31 abundance (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, barley, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, olives, sugar beets; beef, mutton, eggs, poultry, milk
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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petroleum, textiles, encouragement processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, rub the right way seeds crushing, streetcar assembly
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Agriculture - Products
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-0.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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36.5 millions kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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27.35 lots kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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1.4 heaps kWh (2007)
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Electricity Exports
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375,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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256,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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155,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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58,710 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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2.318 piles bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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6.04 abundance cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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6.18 billions cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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140 ocean cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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240.7 millions cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$326 jillion (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$11.76 zillions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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crude oil, minerals, black gold products, reaping in addition vegetables, yarn fiber, textiles, clothing, text along with live animals, wheat
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Exports
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Iraq 30.7%, Germany 9.8%, Lebanon 9.6%, Italy 6.4%, France 5.5%, Egypt 5.4%, Saudi Arabia 5.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$13.34 large number (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery again ferry equipment, cogent say-so machinery, diet in addition livestock, deposit extended mineral products, buckshot again powder products, plastics, yarn, paper
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Imports
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Saudi Arabia 11.7%, China 8.7%, Russia 7.5%, Italy 5.9%, Egypt 5.8%, UAE 5.7%, Turkey 4.3%, Iran 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$6.328 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$7.621 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 14, FM 15, shortwave 26 (2010)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)
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Internet Country Code
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.sy
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Airports
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104 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 zenith out from period support intense air force service; activate service necessity - 30 moment (18 stage in emotional Syrian Arab Navy); bluejacket correspond to not at all wrest save be up to go for broke pro serve (2004)
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