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Syria (Capital: Damascus)

  • In India’s first official outreach since the fall of the Assad regime, MEA officials met ministers in the transitional government.
  • Political Features:
    • Lies in West Asia, on the east coast of Mediterranean Sea (West), in the Levant region.
    • Bordering Countries: Turkey (North), Iraq (East), Jordan (South), Israel and Lebanon (West).
  • Geographical Features
    • Major Physical Regions: Syrian Desert, Euphrates River Valley, and Anti-Lebanon Mountains (mark Syria’s border with Lebanon).
    • Major Rivers: Euphrates, Orontes, Tigris.
    • Major Conflict Cities: Aleppo, Homs, Idlib, Golan Heights (Disputed territory with Israel) etc. 
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