Syria
Syria Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah As-Sūrīyah Arabic pronunciation), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, ... Wikipedia
Capital: Damascus
Prime minister: Wael Nader al-Halqi
Population: 20,820,311 (2011) World Bank
Currency: Syrian pound
GDP: $59.15 billion USD (2010) World Bank
Government: Semi-presidential system, Unitary state, Republic, Constitutional republic, Single-party state