- published: 22 Jun 2016
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Coordinates: 35°N 38°E / 35°N 38°E / 35; 38
Syria (i/ˈsɪ.rɪə/; Arabic: سوريا or سورية, Sūriyā or Sūrīyah), officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia. De jure Syrian territory borders Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest, but the government's control now extends to approximately 30–40% of the de jure state area and less than 60% of the population.
A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Syrian Arabs, Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians, Kurds, Circassians,Mandeans and Turks. Religious groups include Sunnis, Christians, Alawites, Druze, Mandeans, Shiites, Salafis, and Yazidis. Sunni Arabs make up the largest population group in Syria.
In English, the name "Syria" was formerly synonymous with the Levant (known in Arabic as al-Sham), while the modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC. Its capital Damascus is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In the Islamic era, Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt.
RADIO STATION | GENRE | LOCATION |
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Sham FM | News,Oldies,World Middle East | Syria |
Sout al-shabab | World Middle East | Syria |
Radio Dengê Kobanê | Classical | Syria |
Arabesque FM | World Middle East | Syria |
Version FM 94.4 | Varied | Syria |
The government controls all our lives
When they pump us full of lies
Large corporations are all the same
What do they think - we have no brains?
Governments will try
To make sure we have no private lives
Governmens will try
To make us believe their goddamned lies
What they want is a war
Down in El Salvador
They try to make fools of us
But we won't fall for that again
[Chorus]
I just want the companies
To make a lot of big money
Since the companies don't really care
While we're getting killed down there
[Chorus]
What is with the president
And all the other congressmen
I hope that they can see the bodies fall
For no real cause at all
Governments will try to fuck you!!!
I tried to warn you
Governments will try to fuck you!!!
I tried telling you
Governments will try to fuck you!!!
I'm not kidding you