• 'Ali Ahmad Sa'id
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• Adel Safar
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  Adib Shishakli
  Adib ibn Hasan Shishakli () (1909 - September 27, 1964) was a Syrian military leader and President of Syria (1953–54).
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  Al-Walid I
  Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik () or Al-Walid I (668 - 715) was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 705 - 715.
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  Alexander Severus
  Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 18 March 235), commonly known as Alexander Severus, was Roman Emperor from 222 to 235. He was the last emperor of the Severan dynasty. Alexander Severus succeeded his cousin Elagabalus upon the latter's assassination in 222, and was ultimately assassinated himself, marking the epoch event for the Crisis of the Third Century - nearly fifty years of civil wars, foreign invasion, and collapse of the monetary economy.
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  Alexander the Great
  Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (, Mégas Aléxandros), was a Greek king of Macedon. He is the most celebrated member of the Argead Dynasty and the creator of one of the largest empires in ancient history. 
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• Ali Ahmad Said
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• Amin Hafiz
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• Apostle Paul
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  Arab Argentine
  An Arab Argentine is a Argentina citizen or resident alien whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants, largely of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity, originating mainly from what is now Lebanon and Syria but also there are some individuals from the twenty-two countries which comprise the Arab World.
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• Arabs
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• Arameans
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• Aref Dalila
  Professor Aref Dalila () is a Syrian economics professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Damascus University. He was arrested for his political activity during the Damascus Spring period.
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• Armenian people
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  Armenians
  Armenian people or Armenians (, hayer) are a nation and ethnic group native to the Caucasus and the Armenian Highland.
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  Asmahan
  Amal al-Atrash (Arabic: ‎ ; 25 November 1918 – 14 July 1944), better known by her stage name Asmahan ( ), was a Syrian-Egyptian singer and actress. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, she became an apprentice of Egyptian classical music pioneers, Dawood Hosni, Mohamed El Qasabgi and Zakariyya Ahmad. She also sang the compositions of Mohammed Abdel Wahab and her brother Farid al-Atrash, a then rising star musician in his own right. Hers was the only voice in Arab music to ever pose a serious competition to that of Umm Kulthum, who is considered to be the Arab world's most distinguished singer of the 20th century. Her mysterious death by drowning at the age of twenty-six drew speculations about tribulations in her personal life and an espionage role in World War II.
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  Assyrian people
  The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people (frequently known as Assyrians, Syriacs, Syriac Christians, Suroye/Suryoye, Chaldeans, and other variants, see names of Syriac Christians) are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent. Today that ancient territory is part of several nations; the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people have been minorities under other ethnic groups' rule since the early Middle Ages. They have traditionally lived in northern Iraq, Syria, northwest Iran, and Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia. Many have migrated to the Caucasus, North America and Europe during the past century. The major sub-ethnic division is between an Eastern group ("Nestorians" and "Chaldean Christians") and a Western one ("Syrian Jacobites").
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• Assyrians
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  Bachir Gemayel
  Bachir Gemayel (10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) (first name also spelled Bashir and surname also spelled al-Jumayyil, El Gemaiel, Joomayyeel) (بشير الجميّل) was a Lebanese politician, militia commander, and president-elect. He was a senior member of the Phalange party and the commander of the Lebanese Forces militia amid the first several years of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90). He was elected president on August 23, 1982 while the country was torn by civil war and occupied by both Israel and Syria. He was assassinated on September 14, 1982, along with 26 others, when a bomb exploded in the Beirut headquarters of the Phalange. The bomb was planted by Habib Tanious Shartouni. The FBI blamed the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
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• Baibars
  Baibars or Baybars (), nicknamed Abu al-Futuh (Arabic: أبو الفتوح) (1223 – July 1, 1277, Damascus), was a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt. He was one of the commanders of the forces which inflicted a devastating defeat on the Seventh Crusade of King Louis IX of France and he led the vanguard of the Egyptian army at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, which marked the first substantial defeat of the Mongol army and is considered a turning point in history. His reign marked the start of an age of Mamluk dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean and solidified the durability of their military system. He managed to pave the way for the end of the Crusader presence in Syria and to unite Egypt and Syria into one powerful state that was able to fend off threats from both Crusaders and Mongols. As Sultan, Baibars also engaged in a combination of diplomacy and military action which allowed the Mamluks to greatly expand their empire.
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  Barack Obama
  Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
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• Bashar Al Assad
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  Bashar al-Assad
  Dr. Bashar al-Assad (, ; born 11 September 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary of the Ba'ath Party, and the son of former President Hafez al-Assad.
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  Bill Clinton
  William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) is the former 42nd President of the United States and served from 1993 to 2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State. Each received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Law School.
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  Cicero
  Marcus Tullius Cicero (; Classical Latin: ; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC; sometimes anglicized as "Tully"), was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
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• 
  Ehud Olmert
  Ehud Olmert (, , born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli political figure, and former Prime Minister of Israel having served from 2006 to 2009. Olmert was the mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. In 2003 he was elected to the Knesset and became a minister and Acting Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. On 4 January 2006, after Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke, Olmert began exercising the powers of the office of Prime Minister. Olmert led Kadima to a victory in the March 2006 elections (just two months after Sharon had suffered his stroke) and continued on as Acting Prime Minister. On 14 April, two weeks after the election, Sharon was declared permanently incapacitated, allowing Olmert to legally become Interim Prime Minister. Less than a month later, on 4 May, Olmert and his new, post-election government were approved by the Knesset, thus Olmert officially became Prime Minister of Israel.
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• 
  Elagabalus
  :For the deity with the same name see Elagabalus (deity)
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• Faisal I
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  Farid al-Atrash
  Farid al-Atrash (Arabic: ‎; October 19, 1915 – December 26, 1974) was a Syrian-Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, Farid embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades — recording 350 songs and starring in 31 movies. Sometimes referred to as 'King of the Oud', he is one of the most important figures of 20th Century Arab music.
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  French people
  French people can refer to:
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• Ghada al-Samman
  Ghada al-Samman () is an Arab Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family, she is remotely related to Nizar Qabbani the famous poet. Her father was Dr. Ahmed al-Samman, PhD, a president of the Syrian University. She was deeply influenced by him since her mother died at a very young age.
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  Greeks
  Ethnic group
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  Hafez al-Assad
  Hafez al-Assad ( ) (October 6, 1930 – June 10, 2000) was the president of Syria for three decades. Assad's rule stabilized and consolidated the power of the country's central government after decades of coups and counter-coups. He was succeeded by his son and current president Bashar al-Assad in 2000.
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• Haidar Haidar
  Haidar Haidar () is a Syrian writer and novelist.
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• Haitham al-Maleh
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  Hashemite
  Hashemite is the Latinate version of the , transliteration: Hāšimī, and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe. It also refers to an Arab dynasty whose original strength stemmed from the network of tribal alliances and blood loyalties in the Hejaz region of Arabia, along the Red Sea.
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  Hashim al-Atassi
  Hashim Bay Khalid al-Atassi (1875 December 5, 1960) () was a Syrian nationalist, statesman and its President during 19361939, 19501951, and 1954.
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  Herodotus
  Herodotus (Greek: Hēródotos) was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( – ). He was born in Caria, Halicarnassus (modern day Bodrum, Turkey). He is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. He is exclusively known for writing The Histories, a record of his "inquiry" (or historía, a word that passed into Latin and took on its modern meaning of history) into the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BC—especially since he includes a narrative account of that period, which would otherwise be poorly documented; and many long digressions concerning the various places and people he encountered during wide-ranging travels around the lands of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Although some of his stories were not completely accurate, he claimed that he was reporting only what had been told to him.
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  Hittites
  The "Hittites" were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa (Hittite ) in north-central Anatolia (on the Central Anatolian plateau) ca. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height ca. the 14th century BC, encompassing a large part of Anatolia, north-western Syria about as far south as the mouth of the Litani River (a territory known as Amqu), and eastward into upper Mesopotamia. After ca. 1180 BC, the empire disintegrated into several independent "Neo-Hittite" city-states, some surviving until as late as the 8th century BC.
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• Hulegu
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• Husni al-Za'im
  '''Husni al-Za'im''' (1897–1949) () was a Syrian military man and politician. Husni al-Za'im, whose family is of Kurdish ancestry, had been an officer in the Ottoman Army. After France instituted its colonial mandate over Syria after the First World War, he became an officer in the French Army. After Syria's independence he was made Chief of Staff, and led the Syrian Army into war with the Israeli Army in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The defeat of the Arab forces in that war shook Syria and undermined confidence in the country's chaotic parliamentary democracy.
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• Jamal al-Atassi
  Jamal Al-Atassi (1922 - 2000) () was a Syrian nationalist, politician and author. He was one of the earliest ideologues of the nascent Syrian Baath Party, which he joined soon after it was founded. He helped to lay out its constitution and was the man who came up with the party's motto, "One united Arab Nation with an eternal Message." He also served as chief editor of the party's daily newspaper, Al Baath.
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  Kamal al-Labwani
  Dr. Kamal al-Labwani (born October 10, 1957 in Zabadani, Syria) is a Syrian doctor and artist, considered one of the most prominent members of the Syrian opposition movement. He is currently imprisoned in Adra Prison, near Damascus.
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• Kamal Jumblat
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• Khalid ibn al-Walid
  Khālid ibn al-Walīd (; 592–642) also known as SayfAllāh al-Maslūl (the Drawn Sword of God), was a Sahabi, a companion of Prophet Muhammad, astute in the art of war and one of the most successful military commanders in history. He is noted for his military tactics and prowess, commanding the forces of Prophet Muhammad and those of his immediate successors of the Rashidun Caliphate; Abu Bakr and Umar. It was under his military leadership that Arabia, for the first time in history, was united under a single political entity, the Caliphate. He is one of the few military general's in history who have remained undefeated in battle their entire life. He has the distinction of being undefeated in over a hundred battles, against the numerically superior forces of the Byzantine-Roman Empire, Sassanid-Persian Empire, and their allies, in addition to other Arab tribes. His strategic achievements include the conquest of Arabia, Persian Mesopotamia and Roman Syria within several years from 632 to 636. He is also remembered for his decisive victories at Yamamah, Ullais, Firaz, and his tactical marvels, the Walaja and Yarmouk. He is also one of the two military commanders, the other being Hannibal, who have successfully executed the pincer movement against a numerically superior opponent.
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• Kitbuqa
  Kitbuqa Noyan (died 1260) (Turkic: Kitbuga, Mongolian: Хитбух) was a Christian Turk belonging to the tribe of the Naimans, part of the Mongol Empire. He was a lieutenant and confidant of the Mongol Ilkhan Hulagu, assisting him in his conquests in the Middle East. When Hulagu withdrew the bulk of his forces, Kitbuqa was left in control of Syria, and was responsible for further Mongol raids southwards towards Egypt. He was killed at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260.
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  Kurdish people
  The Kurds () are an Iranian-speaking ethnolinguistic group mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Substantial Kurdish communities also exist in the cities of western Turkey, and they can also be found in Armenia, Georgia, Israel, Azerbaijan, Russia, Lebanon and, in recent decades, some European countries and the United States (see Kurdish diaspora). Most speak Kurdish, an Indo-European language of the Iranian branch. The Kurds are classified as an Iranian people.Bois, Th.; Minorsky, V.; Bois, Th.; Bois, Th.; MacKenzie, D.N.; Bois, Th. "Kurds, Kurdistan." Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis , C.E. Bosworth , E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2009. Brill Online. Excerpt 1:"The Kurds, an Iranian people of the Near East, live at the junction of more or less laicised Turkey"..Excerpt 2: "The classification of the Kurds among the Iranian nations is based mainly on linguistic and historical data and does not prejudice the fact there is a complexity of ethnical elements incorporated in them" Excerpt 3:"We thus find that about the period of the Arab conquest a single ethnic term Kurd (plur. Akrād ) was beginning to be applied to an amalgamation of Iranian or iranicised tribes. Among the latter, some were autochthonous (the Ḳardū; the Tmorik̲h̲/Ṭamurāyē in the district of which Alḳī = Elk was the capital; the Χοθα̑ίται [= al-Ḵh̲uwayt̲h̲iyya] in the canton of Ḵh̲oyt of Sāsūn, the Orṭāyē [= al-Arṭān] in the bend of the Euphrates); some were Semites (cf. the popular genealogies of the Kurd tribes) and some probably Armenian (it is said that the Mamakān tribe is of Mamikonian origin). " Excerpt 4: "In the 20th century, the existence of an Iranian non-Kurdish element among the Kurds has been definitely established (the Gūrān-Zāzā group)."
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• Kurds
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• Kurds in Syria
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• Kurds of Syria
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• Lebanese civil war
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  Lebanese people
  Ethnic group
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• Lena Chamamyan
  Lena Chamamyan (Arabic: لينا شماميان) is a Syrian singer of Armenian descent. Born in Damascus, she started singing at an early age giving her first concert when she was five years old.
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  Livy
  Titus Livius (59 BC – AD 17), known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. He was on familiar terms with the Julio-Claudian family, advising Augustus' grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, as a young man not long before 14 AD in a letter to take up the writing of history. Livy and Augustus' wife, Livia, were from the same clan in different locations, although not related by blood.
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  Mark Sykes
  Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (born Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes) (16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician and diplomatic adviser, particularly about matters respecting the Middle East at the time of World War I. He is associated with the Sykes-Picot Agreement, drawn up while the war was in progress, regarding the apportionment of postwar spheres of interest in the Ottoman Empire to Britain, France and Russia.
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• Michel Kilo
  Michel Kilo (Arabic,ميشيل كيلو) (born 1940) is a Syrian Christian writer and human rights activist, who has been called "one of Syria's leading opposition thinkers."
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  Mongols
  The name Mongol (Mongolian: Mongγol; Cyrillic script: Mongol) specifies one or several ethnic groups, now mainly located in Mongolia, China, and Russia.
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  Muhammad al-Maghut
  Muhammed al-Maghut (1934- April 3, 2006) () was a Syrian writer and poet. He was born in Salamiya, Syria in an Ismaili family.
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• Nizar Kabbani
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• Nizar Qabbani
  Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani (, ) (21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. He is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world.
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  Ottoman Empire
  The Sublime Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish, Persian: دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye, Modern Turkish: Yüce Osmanlı Devleti or Osmanlı İmparatorluğu) was an empire that lasted from 1299 to 1923.
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  Palestinian people
  The Palestinian people, (, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni) also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs (, al-filasTīnīyyūn; , al-`Arab al-filasTīnīyyūn), are an Arabic-speaking nation of Levantine people with family origins in Palestine. In the areas of Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, as of 2004, Arabs constitute 49% of all inhabitants, some of whom are internally displaced. The remainder, comprise what is known as the Palestinian diaspora, of whom more than half are stateless refugees, lacking citizenship in any country. Of the diaspora, about 1.9 million live in neighboring Jordan, one and a half million between Syria and Lebanon, a quarter million in Saudi Arabia, while Chile's half a million are the largest concentration outside the Arab world.
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• Palestinians
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• Paolo Matthiae
  Paolo Matthiae (* 1940) is Professor of Archaeology and History of Art of the Ancient Near East in the University of Rome La Sapienza; he has been Director of the Ebla Expedition since 1963—in fact, its discoverer—and has published many articles and books about Ebla and about the History of Art of Mesopotamia and Syria in general.
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  Pharaoh
  Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term ‘’pr-aa’’ which means ‘’great house’’ and describes the royal palace. The title of Pharaoh started being used for the king during the New Kingdom, specifically during the middle of the eighteenth dynasty. For simplification, however, there is a general acceptance amongst modern writers to use the term to relate to all periods.
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• Philip Hitti
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  Philip the Arab
  Marcus Julius Philippus (c. 204–249), commonly known as Philip the Arab or Philippus I Arabs, was Roman Emperor from 244 to 249. He came from Syria, and rose to become a major figure in the empire. He achieved power after the death of Gordian III, quickly negotiating peace with the Persian empire. During his reign Rome celebrated its millennium.
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  Phoenicia
  Phoenicia (Brit. U.S. ; Phoenician: , Kana`an; : Kna`an, : Phoiníkē, , ) was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal regions of modern day Lebanon , Syria and Israel. Phoenician civilization was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean during the period 1550 BC to 300 BC. Though ancient boundaries of such city-centered cultures fluctuated, the city of Tyre seems to have been the southernmost. Sarepta (modern day Sarafand) between Sidon and Tyre is the most thoroughly excavated city of the Phoenician homeland. The Phoenicians often traded by means of a galley, a man-powered sailing vessel, and are credited with the invention of the bireme.
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  Pliny the Elder
  Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD – August 25, 79), better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian. Spending most of his spare time studying, writing or investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field, he wrote an encyclopedic work, Naturalis Historia, which became a model for all such works written subsequently. Pliny the Younger, his nephew, wrote of him in a letter to the historian Tacitus:
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  Plutarch
  Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi.
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• Posidonius of Apamea
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• Rafik Hariri
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• Rami Makhlouf
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  Rashidun Caliphate
  The Rashidun Caliphate (), also known as the Rightly Guided Caliphate, comprising the first four caliphs in Islam's history, was founded after Muhammad's death in 632. At its height, the Caliphate extended from the Arabian Peninsula, to the Levant, Caucasus and North Africa in the west, to the Iranian highlands and Central Asia in the east. It was the one of the largest empires in history up until that time.
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• Riad Seif
  Riad Seif () (born 1946) is Syrian political dissident, formerly a member of the Parliament of Syria and prominent businessman, who founded and lead the Forum for National Dialogue. Seif was elected to parliament in 1994 as an independent and again in 1998. For many years held the Adidas franchise in Damascus.
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• Salim Barakat
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  Sami al-Hinnawi
  Colonel Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (1898 – October 31, 1950) () was a Syrian politician and military man.
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• Sayf al-Dawla
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  Sea Peoples
  The Sea Peoples is the term used for a confederacy of seafaring raiders of the second millennium BC who sailed into the eastern Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter or control Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty and especially during Year 8 of Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty. The Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah explicitly refers to them by the term "the foreign-countries (or 'peoples'As noted by Gardiner V.1 p.196, other texts have N25:X1*Z4 "foreign-peoples"; both terms can refer to the concept of "foreigners" as well. Zangger in the external link below expresses a commonly held view that "sea peoples" does not translate this and other expressions but is an academic innovation. The Woudhuizen dissertation and the Morris paper identify Gaston Maspero as the first to use the term "peuples de la mer" in 1881.) of the sea" (Egyptian ) in his Great Karnak Inscription. Although some scholars believe that they invaded Cyprus, Hatti and the Levant, this hypothesis is disputed.
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• Shukri al-Quwatli
  Shukri al-Quwatli (1891 — June 30, 1967) () was the president of Syria from 1943 to 1949 and from 1955 to 1958.
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  Sultan al-Atrash
  Sultan al-Atrash, (1891-1982) (Arabic: سلطان الأطرش) Commonly known as Sultan Pasha al-Atrash (Arabic: سلطان باشا الأطرش) was a prominent Arab Druze leader, Syrian nationalist and Commander General of the Syrian Revolution (1925-1927). He fought against the Ottomans, French, and even against the Syrian government in its days of dictatorship. One of the most influential figures in Syrian and Druze history, he played a major role in deciding the destiny of Jabal al-Druze and of Syria in general.
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• Timur Lenk
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• Ulfat Idilbi
  Ulfat Idilbi ( ) (1912 – 2007) was one of the most beloved Syrian novel writers. She wrote books that became best sellers in the Arabic-speaking world, such as "Dimashq ya Basimat el Huzn" ("Damascus - the Smile of Sadness", 1980), which was translated into many languages and filmed as "Basimat al Huzn" (TV series).
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  Umm Kulthum
  Umm Kulthum (, born , ; see Kunya; Egyptian Arabic: Om Kalsoum). (circa 1900; February 3, 1975). Various spellings include Om Koultoum, Om Kalthoum, Oumme Kalsoum, Umm Kolthoum and Ümmü Gülsüm . She was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village that belongs to El Senbellawein, she is known as the Star of the East (kawkab el-sharq). More than three decades after her death, she is still recognized as one of the Arab world's most famous and distinguished singers of the 20th century. Umm Kulthum is widely regarded as the greatest female singer in Arab music history.
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• Zakaria Tamer
  Zakaria Tamer (), also transliterated Zakariya Tamir (strict transliteration ), (born January 2, 1931 in Damascus, Syria) is an influential master of the Arabic-language short story.
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• Zakariyya Tamer
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  Alexandria
  Alexandria (Arabic: al-Iskandariyya; Coptic: ; ; ; Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه ), with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving approximately 80% of Egypt's imports and exports. Alexandria is also an important tourist resort. Alexandria extends about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in north-central Egypt. It is home to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library). It is an important industrial centre because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez, another city in Egypt.
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  Americas
  The Americas, or America, (, , , , , , ) are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World, comprising the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. The plural form the Americas is often used in English, as the singular America is ambiguous: America is more commonly used to refer to the United States of America. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people).
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  Anatolia
  Anatolia (, from Greek '; also Asia Minor, from , ') is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey. The region is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the northeast, the Armenian Highland to the east, Mesopotamia to the southeast, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west. Anatolia has been home to many civilizations throughout history, such as the Hittites, Phrygians, Lydians, Persians, Greeks, Assyrians, Armenians, Romans, Byzantines, Anatolian Seljuks and Ottomans. As a result, Anatolia is one of the archeologically richest areas in the world.
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  Antioch
  Antioch on the Orontes (; ; ; Arabic:انطاکیه, Antakya; also Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch) was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.
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  Baghdad
  Baghdad (, , ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is coterminous. Having a population estimated between 7 and 7.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq and the second largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo, Egypt).
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  Brazil
  Brazil (; , ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (, ), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
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  Brighton
  Brighton () is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove (formed from the previous towns of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and several other villages) in East Sussex on the south coast of Great Britain. For administrative purposes, Brighton and Hove is not part of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, but remains part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex.
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  Brussels
  Brussels (, pronounced ; , pronounced ), officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region (, Dutch: ), is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. It comprises 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels proper, which is the constitutional capital of Belgium, the seat of the French Community of Belgium and of the Flemish Community.
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  Cairo
  Cairo (; , literally "The Vanquisher" or "The Conqueror") is the capital of Egypt, the largest city in Africa and the Arab World, and one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life. Even before Cairo was established in the 10th century, the land composing the present-day city was the site of national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids in adjacent Giza.
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  Damascus
  Damascus ( , commonly known as الشام ash-Shām also known as the "City of Jasmin" ) is the capital of Syria as well as one of the country's 14 governorates. The Damascus Governorate is ruled by a governor appointed by the Minister of Interior. In addition to being widely known as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, Damascus is a major cultural and religious center of the Levant.
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• Daraa
  Daraa (), also Darʿā, , Deraa, Dera ("fortress", compare Dura-Europos) and Derʿā, is a city in southwestern Syria, near the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate, known throughout history as the Hauran region. The city is located about 100 km south of Damascus.
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  Deir ez-Zor
  Deir ez Zor, also spelled Dayr az-Zawr, Deir al-Zur and other variants (; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, , Der Zor or , Ter Zor, ), is a city in northeastern Syria on the Euphrates River and capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, 450 km from the capital, Damascus. As in 2004, there were 239,000 living in the metropolitan area of the city.
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  Egypt
  Egypt (; , Miṣr, ; Egyptian Arabic: مصر, Maṣr, ; Coptic: , ; Greek: Αίγυπτος, Aiguptos; Egyptian:
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  Eilat
  Eilat (, ) is Israel's southernmost city, a busy port as well as a popular resort, located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Eilat. Home to 46,600 people, the city is part of the Southern Negev Desert, at the southern end of the Arava. The city is adjacent to the Egyptian village of Taba to the south, the Jordanian port city of Aqaba to the east, and within sight of Saudi Arabia to the south-east, across the gulf. Eilat's arid desert climate is moderated by proximity to a warm sea. Temperatures often exceed in summer, and in winter, while water temperatures range between . The city's beaches, nightlife and desert landscapes make it a popular destination for domestic and international tourism.
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  France
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  Gaza Strip
  The Gaza Strip ( , ) lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometers (4–7.5 mi) wide, with a total area of . The territory takes its name from Gaza, its main city.
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  Golan Heights
  The Golan Heights (, ''Haḍbatu 'l-Jawlān or مرتفعات الجولان, Murtafaʻātu l-Jawlānː , Ramat ha-Golan'' ), sometimes referred to as the Syrian Heights, form a rocky plateau of great strategic importance with an average altitude of and an area totaling . The plateau is located at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains and straddles the borders of Syria and Israel. Elevations range from in the north, to below sea level along the Sea of Galilee and the Yarmuk River in the south. Its population numbers around 120,000 and consists mainly of Druze and Jews. A popular tourist destination attracting 3 million tourists a year, the Golan has a rich history and features numerous archeological landmarks, scenic streams, mountains and waterfalls. The Golan Heights contribute significantly to the water resources of the region, providing about 15% of Israel's water supply. The region is also the source of a large proportion of Israel's agricultural production.
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  Gulf of Aqaba
  The Gulf of Aqaba (; transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah) is a large gulf of the Red Sea. In Israel and pre twentieth-century sources it is often named the Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, transliterated: Mifratz Eilat).
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  Haifa
  Haifa ( ; ) is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 265,000. Another 300,000 people (almost all of them Jewish) live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, and Nesher. Together these areas form a contiguous urban area home to nearly 600,000 residents which makes up the inner core of the Haifa metropolitan area. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs, although Jews make up a 90% majority. The Arab population used to be predominantly Christian, while 28% of the Jewish population is from the Former Soviet Union. It is also home to the Bahá'í World Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  Hama
  Ḥamā (ancient Ḥamāth "fortress"; ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in central Syria north of Damascus. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. The city is the location of the historical city Hamath. The population of Hama is 410,000, and the city is the fifth-largest in Syria, after Damascus, Aleppo, Homs and Latakia.
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• Hamoukar
  Hamoukar (in Arabic: حموقار) is a large archaeological site located in the Jazira region of northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border (Al Hasakah Governorate) and Turkey.
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  Hatay Province
  Hatay (Antakya) (Arabic: لواء الإسكندرون) is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast, with Syria to the south and east and the Turkish provinces of Adana and Osmaniye to the north. The province is part of Çukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region that covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay. The administrative capital is Antakya (Antioch), while the largest city in the province is the port city of İskenderun (Alexandretta). There are border crossing points with Syria in the district of Yayladağı and at Cilvegözü in the district of Reyhanlı.
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  Homs
  Homs (, , also spelled Hims and anciently called Emesa () is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is also the central link between the interior cities and the Mediterranean coast.
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  Iran
  Iran ( ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Central Eurasia and Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was also known to the western world as Persia. Both Persia and Iran are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, Iran is the name used officially in political contexts.
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  Iraq
  Iraq ( or , Arabic: ), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic:
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  İskenderun
  İskenderun (formerly in Greek Αλεξανδρέττα, Alexandretta; in Arabic الإسكندرون, al-ʼIskandarūn), is a city and district in the province of Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The city is part of Çukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region.
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  Israel
  Israel (, ''Yisrā'el; , Isrā'īl), officially the State of Israel (Hebrew: , Medīnat Yisrā'el; , Dawlat Isrā'īl''), is a parliamentary republic in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and Gaza on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel is the world's only predominantly Jewish state, and is defined as A Jewish and Democratic State by the Israeli government.
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• Jabal al-Druze
  Jabal al-Druze (, Mountain of the Druze), also known as Jabal al-Arab (Arabic: جبل العرب, Mountain of the Arabs) is an elevated volcanic region in southern Syria, in the As-Suwayda Governorate. In the winter, snow falls, which is atypical for this region. Most of the inhabitants of this region are Druze, and there are also small Christian communities. Safaitic inscriptions were first found in this area. It was an autonomous state in the French Mandate of Syria from 1921 to 1936, under the same name.
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  Jableh
  Jableh (also spelt Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah and Gabala; ) is a coastal city on the Mediterranean in Syria. with c. 80,000 inhabitants (2008).
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  Jordan
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  Latakia
  Latakia or Latakiyah (and often locally transliterated as Lattakia) ( Al-Ladhiqiyah) is the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages. Its population in 2009 was 650,558 and consisted of Sunnis, Alawites and Greek Orthodox Christians.
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• Lattakia
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  Lebanon
  Lebanon ( or ; ; ), officially the Republic of Lebanon (Arabic: ; French: ), is a country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has dictated its rich history, and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity.
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  Madrid
  Madrid (Spanish , English ) is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million (as of December 2009); the entire population of the metropolitan area (urban area and suburbs) is calculated to be nearly 6 million. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous in the European Union after Paris and London. The city spans a total of 698 km² (234 sq mi).
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  Marmarita
  Marmarita (, Syriac: ܡܪܡܪܝܬܐ, ) is a village located in Western Syria close to the governorate of Tartus but administratively belonging to the governorate of Homs since 1953. It was previously part of the Latakia Governorate. Marmarita is probably the largest village in the Wadi Al-Nasarah (Valley of Christians) region of Homs. It is also a very popular summer destination and tourist attraction in Syria. It is situated close to the Crac des Chevaliers, or Qal'at El Ḥiṣn, an important historic site and a popular tourist attraction.
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  Morocco
  Morocco (, al-Maġrib; Berber: Amerruk / Murakuc; French: Maroc), officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية, al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya), is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of nearly 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², including the disputed Western Sahara which is mainly under Moroccan administration. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait and land borders with three small Spanish-controlled exclaves, Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), Algeria to the east, and Mauritania to the south.
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  Mosul
  Mosul ( al-Mawṣil, Maṣlawī Arabic: al-Mōṣul, Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ or Ninaweh, Kurdish: Mûsil/Nînewe, Turkish: Musul) is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Although for many years it was considered to be a Kurdish city, the majority of its population is now Arab and it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government. It is Iraq's second largest city after Baghdad.
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  North Korea
  North Korea, officially the '''Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK'''; Chosongul: 조선민주주의인민공화국), is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea. The Amnok River and the Tumen River form the border between North Korea and the People's Republic of China. A section of the Tumen River in the extreme northeast is the border with Russia.
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  Palmyra
  Palmyra () was an ancient Syrian city, In the old times it was an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 180 km southwest of the Euphrates at Deir ez-Zor. It has long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert. The earliest documented reference to the city by its Semitic name Tadmor, Tadmur or Tudmur (which means "the town that repels" in Amorite and "the indomitable town" in Aramaic.) is recorded in Babylonian tablets found in Mari.
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  Phoenicia
  Phoenicia (Brit. U.S. ; Phoenician: , Kana`an; : Kna`an, : Phoiníkē, , ) was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal regions of modern day Lebanon , Syria and Israel. Phoenician civilization was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean during the period 1550 BC to 300 BC. Though ancient boundaries of such city-centered cultures fluctuated, the city of Tyre seems to have been the southernmost. Sarepta (modern day Sarafand) between Sidon and Tyre is the most thoroughly excavated city of the Phoenician homeland. The Phoenicians often traded by means of a galley, a man-powered sailing vessel, and are credited with the invention of the bireme.
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• Quneitra Governorate
  Quneitra Governorate () is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, bordering Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Its area varies, according to different sources, from 685 km² to 1,710 km². The governorate has a population of 84,000 (2009 estimate). The capital is Quneitra. Much of the governorate was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and 1973 Yom Kippur War ( called the Ramadan War in Arab countries) and forms the contentious Golan Heights.
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  Saidnaya
  Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya or Sednaya from the ) is a city located in the mountains, 1500 metres (0.938 miles) above sea level, 27 kilometres (20 miles) north of the city of Damascus in Syria. It was one of the episcopal cities of the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch. Associated with many Biblical and religious events, local tradition holds it as the site where Cain slew his brother Abel.
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  Samarkand
  Samarkand (; ; ; ; from Sogdian: "Stone Fort" or "Rock Town") is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study. In the 14th century, it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane), and is the site of his mausoleum (the Gur-e Amir). The Bibi-Khanym Mosque remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. The Registan was the ancient centre of the city.
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  SANA may refer to:
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  Sinai Peninsula
  The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai; ''sīnā'a''; Hebrew סיני) is a triangular peninsula in Egypt which is about . It lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Red Sea to the south, and is the only part of Egyptian territory located in Asia as opposed to Africa. In addition to its formal name, Egyptians also refer to it affectionately as the "Land of Fayrouz", based on the Ancient Egyptian "Dumafkat", which has the same meaning. The peninsula is divided into two Egyptian governorates, and has a population of approximately 1.3 million people.
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  Somalia
  Somalia ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Somalia (, ) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under communist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Ethiopia to the west. With the longest coastline on the continent, its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands.
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  Soviet Union
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, , abbreviated СССР, SSSR), informally known as the Soviet Union () or Soviet Russia, was a constitutionally socialist state that existed on the territory of most of the former Russian Empire in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.
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  Tartus
  Tartus (, also transliterated Tartous) is a city in Syria, the capital of Tartus Governorate. The city was known as Antaradus in Latin or Antartus and Tortosa by the Crusaders. Tartus is 220 km northwest of Damascus and less than one hour drive south of Latakia.
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  Tiberias
  Tiberias (; , Tverya ; , ) is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. Established in 20 CE, it was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius. Since the 16th century, Tiberias has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed. In the 2nd-10th centuries, Tiberias was the largest Jewish city in the Galilee, and the political and religious hub of the Jews of Palestine. According to Christian tradition, Jesus performed several miracles in the Tiberias district, making it an important pilgrimage site for devout Christians. Tiberias has historically been known for its hot springs, believed to cure skin and other ailments, for thousands of years.
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  Turkey
  Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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  United Arab Republic
  The United Arab Republic ( Arabic pronunciation Al-Jumhuriyah al-Arabiyah al-Muttahidah, international Arabic pronunciation Al-Jumhuriyah al-Arabiyah al-Muttahidah), often abbreviated as the U.A.R., was a union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961 when Syria seceded from the union. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971. The President was Gamal Abdel Nasser. During most of its existence (1958-1961) it was a member of the United Arab States, a confederation with North Yemen.
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  Wadi Al-Nasarah
  Wadi Al-Nasarah ( ) is a popular tourist site in western Syria close to the Lebanese border and administratively belonging to the governorate of Homs. It also known as "The Green Valley".
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  West Bank
  The West Bank (, , , ''HaGadah HaMa'aravit'') is a landlocked territory and is the eastern part of the Palestinian territories; on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the country of Jordan. The West Bank also contains a significant coastline along the western bank of the Dead Sea. Since 1967, most of the West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation as what it calls the Judea and Samaria Area. A smaller part of the West Bank is administered by the Israeli civilian authorities as part of Jerusalem District.
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• Emesa
• English language
• Entente powers
• Euphrates
• Euphrates river
• European Union
• executive branch
• Facebook
• Faisal I
• Farid al-Atrash
• farina (food)
• fattoush
• Fawwaz Haddad
• February 4
• February 5
• filo
• Forward Magazine
• France
• Freedom House
• Freedom in the World
• French language
• French law
• French literature
• French people
• Galilee
• Gamal Abdal Nasser
• Gaza Strip
• Geneva
• Ghada al-Samman
• Golan Heights
• governorate
• Greater Syria
• Greek language
• Greeks
• Gulf of Aqaba
• Gulf War
• Hafez al-Assad
• Haidar Haidar
• Haifa
• Haitham al-Maleh
• Hama
• Hama massacre
• Hamas
• Hamdanid
• Hamida Na'na'
• Hamoukar
• Hanna Mina
• Hashemite
• Hashim al-Atassi
• Hatay Province
• Herodotus
• historical novel
• History of Palestine
• History of Syria
• Hittites
• Homat el Diyar
• Homs
• honey
• Honor killing
• hors d'œuvres
• Hulegu
• Human Rights Watch
• hummus
• Husni al-Za'im
• hymn
• Ilkhanate
• Independence
• Internet censorship
• Iran
• Iraq
• Iraq War
• İskenderun
• Islam
• Islam in Syria
• Islamic
• Ismailis
• Israel
• Iudaea Province
• Jabal al-Druze
• Jableh
• Jalaa Club
• Jallab
• Jamal al-Atassi
• Jordan
• Jordanians
• judicial branch
• Jund Filastin
• ka'ak
• Kamal al-Labwani
• Kamal Jumblat
• Kasab
• Kebab
• Khalid ibn al-Walid
• khubz
• Khyri al-Dhahabi
• kibbeh
• Kitbuqa
• Kurdish language
• Kurdish people
• Kurds
• Kurds in Syria
• Kurds of Syria
• Kurmanji
• Latakia
• Latin Rite
• Lattakia
• League of Nations
• Lebanese civil war
• Lebanese people
• Lebanon
• legislative branch
• Lena Chamamyan
• Levant
• Licentiate
• lingua franca
• List of folklores
• literacy
• Livy
• Ma`loula
• Madrid
• magical realism
• manakish
• Mark Sykes
• Marmarita
• Maronite Christians
• Maronite Church
• Marshall Cavendish
• martial law
• martyrs
• Master's degree
• May 18
• Mecelle
• Mediterranean Sea
• Mesopotamia
• meze
• Michel Kilo
• Middle East Forum
• military coup
• Military occupation
• Military of Syria
• military spending
• minced beef
• Mohja Kahf
• Mongols
• Morocco
• Mosul
• Mount Hermon
• muhafazah
• Muhammad al-Maghut
• mujaddara
• Mureybet
• Muslim
• Muslim Brotherhood
• muwashshah
• Nabil Sulayman
• nahda
• nahiya
• Nasserism
• Neolithic
• Nihad Siris
• Nizar Kabbani
• Nizar Qabbani
• North Korea
• North Korean
• Nowruz
• nuclear reactor
• Nuhad Sharif
• Nur al-Din Mosque
• obsidian
• official language
• oil
• Operation Orchard
• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman Syria
• Ourubeh Club
• Outline of Syria
• Paleo-Canaanite
• Palestina (region)
• Palestine
• Palestinian people
• Palestinians
• Palmyra
• Pan Arab Games
• Paolo Matthiae
• pasha
• pastırma
• People's Council
• Pharaoh
• phased-array
• Philip Hitti
• Philip the Arab
• Phoenicia
• Pizmonim
• Pliny the Elder
• PLO
• Plutarch
• Posidonius of Apamea
• post-secondary
• PPNA
• PPNB
• Preemptive war
• president
• President of Syria
• primary education
• Qalawun
• Qamishli
• Qatari
• Quneitra Governorate
• Rafik Hariri
• Rami Makhlouf
• Rashidun army
• Rashidun Caliphate
• Red Sea
• referendum
• refugees
• Refugees of Iraq
• republic
• Riad Seif
• Riad Seif Forum
• Riyad al-Turk
• Road to Damascus
• Roman Catholic
• Roman Empire
• Roman Syria
• Romantic literature
• Routledge
• Sabah Fakhri
• Sabri Moudallal
• Saidnaya
• Salim Barakat
• Salon (gathering)
• Samarkand
• Sami al-Hinnawi
• San Remo conference
• SANA
• Sargon of Akkad
• Sayf al-Dawla
• Schocken Books
• science fiction
• Scud
• Sea Peoples
• Security agency
• Seleucid Empire
• Semitic languages
• shanklish
• Sharia
• shawarma
• Shi'a
• Shia Islam
• Shukri al-Quwatli
• Sidonians
• Silk Road
• Sinai Peninsula
• single-party state
• Six day war
• Six-Day War
• social realism
• Socialist state
• Socialist Unionists
• Somalia
• Sophene
• souq
• South Azeri language
• Southwest Asia
• Soviet Union
• spoken language
• state of emergency
• strained yoghurt
• Suez Crisis
• Suhair Atassi
• sujuk
• Sultan al-Atrash
• Sumer
• Sumerians
• Sunni
• Sunnis
• Sunqur al-Ashqar
• SUNY Press
• Syriac Christianity
• Syriac language
• Syrian Arabic
• Syrian chant
• Syrian cheese
• Syrian Jews
• Syrian nationalism
• Syrian pound
• Syrian Turkmen
• Syrian Turkmens
• tabbouleh
• Taif Agreement
• Talib Umran
• Tartus
• terrorism
• The Guardian
• The New York Times
• The Weekly Maqam
• The World Factbook
• Theodor Nöldeke
• Tiberias
• Tigranes the Great
• Timur Lenk
• torture
• tribunal
• Trubner & Company
• Tulunids
• Tunisian Revolution
• Turkey
• Turkish Army
• Turkish coffee
• Turkish language
• Twelvers
• Ugarit
• Ulfat Idilbi
• Umayyad Caliphate
• Umayyad dynasty
• Umayyad Mosque
• Umm Kulthum
• UNDP
• UNESCO
• United Arab Republic
• United Nations
• university
• University of Aleppo
• UNRWA
• utopia
• Vaiselles blanches
• Vichy France
• Vilayet of Syria
• vocational
• Wadi Al-Nasarah
• West Bank
• Western Asia
• Western Neo-Aramaic
• Western world
• White coffee
• Wikipedia
• World Heritage Site
• World War II
• yabra'
• Yayladagi
• Yom Kippur War
• Youtube
• za'atar
• Zakaria Tamer
• Zakariyya Tamer
• Çineköy inscription
• سوريا.

Syrian

Releases by year: 2007 2006 2005

Album releases

Alien Nation (Released 2007)

• Supernova
• Alien Nation
• Musika Atomika
• Orion Shall Rise
• Solarchaser
• Helium
• Hypercube
• Destiny Sunrise
• Speed of Light
• Supernova (radio version)

Kosmonauta (Released 2006)

• The Beginning of the End
• Enforcer
• Future Storm
• Empire of the Sands
• Blue Moon
• Navigation
• Beyond the Sun
• Space Overdrive
• Cosmic Gate
• Urania
• Nova 4001
• Cosmic Gate (First Portal)
• Atomic
• Vega Velocity (Vega on Acid remix)

De-Synchronized (Released 2005)

• She Is the Dark
• No Atmosphere
• De-Synchronized
• Vision 215
• One More Mission
• Vega Velocity
• Wasted Years
• Starless
• Now Is Forever
• Nova 3001
• No Atmosphere (single edit)
• Vega Velocity (Voyager mix)
• Flowers Fade (European version)
• No Atmosphere (Warp edit)