Syria's position on the ground

The location of Syria on the map is shown by the arrow in the figure below:

Syria is located in the west of the Asian continent and on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Turkey in the north, Iraq in the southeast, Jordan in the south, Lebanon and Israel in the southwest, and Cyprus across the sea in the west. Coastline length183km.

Since the 8th century BC, Syria has been ruled by Assyria, Macedonia, Rome, Arabia, European Crusaders, Egyptian Ma Mruck Dynasty and Ottoman Empire. 1920 became a French mandate in April. 1June, 940, France surrendered to Germany, and Syria was controlled by Nazi Germany. 1941On September 27th, General Jadrew, commander-in-chief of the Free French Army, declared Syria's independence on behalf of its allies.

1970165438+1October 13, minister of national defense and air force commander Assad launched the "rectification movement" to reorganize the party and government, and A Zi became the prime minister. 197/kloc-0 In March, Assad was elected president and died in June, 2000. The second son, Bashar al-Assad, succeeded to the presidency on July 10 of the same year and has been re-elected to this day.

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Syria's foreign relations:

Since the turmoil in Syria, major western countries and some Arab countries have claimed that Bashar has lost its ruling legitimacy, constantly increased sanctions and pressure on Syria, and promoted a political transition centered on Palestinian resignation. The Arab League passed a resolution to suspend Syria's membership, suspend diplomatic cooperation with the Syrian government and cut off economic and trade exchanges. 20 13 In March, the Arab League handed over Syria's seat in the Arab League to the League of Nations.

Syria established diplomatic relations with the United States on 1946. 1967 On the second day after the "June 5" war broke out, Syria announced that it had broken diplomatic relations with the United States. 2012121kloc-0/The United States announced that it recognized the Syrian opposition organization "National Alliance" as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Since 20 13, the United States has gradually expanded its assistance to the Syrian opposition.

2065438+In September 2004, the United States and other countries began to launch air strikes against the extremist organization "Islamic State" in Syria. 20 17 In April, a suspected chemical attack occurred in Syria, and the United States attacked the Syrian government air base. On 20 18 12, US President Trump announced his withdrawal from Syria. 2065438+In March 2009, US President Trump signed a presidential decree, officially recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

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