Syria

Capital: Damascus
Local time: 01:05; Saturday, November 14, 2026
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PalmyraPhoto: Quim Bahí (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Krak des ChevaliersPhoto: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Umayyad MosquePhoto: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Citadel of AleppoPhoto: Memorino (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Yom Kippur WarThe Yom Kippur War was fought in October 1973 between Israel and a coalition led by Egypt and Syria, which launched a surprise attack to regain territory captured by Israel in 1967.Syrian Democratic ForcesThe Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were a multi-ethnic armed alliance formed in 2015 during the Syrian civil war. They became the principal United States partner against the Islamic State, administered northeastern Syria and completed integration into Syria’s government in 2026.Syrian Civil WarThe Syrian Civil War began in 2011 amid an uprising against Bashar al-Assad's government and evolved into a multi-sided conflict involving regional and international powers.SyriaSyria is a Western Asian country whose history spans ancient city-states, successive empires and modern republican rule. After the Assad government fell in December 2024, a transitional authority faced the difficult work of rebuilding state institutions after a civil war that displaced millions and devastated the economy.

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