GEOGRAPHY THROUGH MAPS

Syria

Syria combines a Mediterranean coastal margin, western mountains and a drier interior crossed by the Euphrates. Damascus lies near the Anti-Lebanon foothills in the southwest.

Fast Facts

  • Aleppo and Idlib lie in the northwest; Hama and Homs follow the western interior corridor.
  • The Euphrates enters from Türkiye and continues toward Iraq.
  • The Golan is Syrian territory under international recognition, with much of it occupied by Israel.
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