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Map of Syria.

Syria is a country in the Middle East, formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and the French Mandate.

It lies to the southeast of Turkey and east of Lebanon and Israel. It is north of Jordan and northwest of Iraq. The capital is Damascus. It was the first country in the region to let women vote.

It is currently undergoing a civil war in which forces loyal to dictator Bashar Assad have kept control of the capital but lost control of large parts of the countryside and some major cities.

Did you know ...

... that Unshackled! is a radio drama series produced by Pacific Garden Mission, in Chicago, Illinois, that first aired in 1950?
... that London is the capital of the United Kingdom?
... that a calculator watch is a digital watch fitted with buttons, so that it can function easily as a miniature calculator?

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 ==From today's featured article==
-[[File:Munich Agreement (Münchener Abkommen) 1938-09-30 Neville Chamberlaine showing the Anlo-German declaration ("Peace for our time"). Heston Aerodrome, west of London, England. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe 3 1 0 5 268 3 1 111334 No known cop.jpg|thumb|right|Neville Chamberlain displaying the Anglo-German declaration after signing the Munich Agreement]]
+[[File:Syria Map.png|thumb|right|Map of Syria.]]
-'''[[Neville Chamberlain]]''' was the prime minister of Great Britain before [[World War II]] and during the first few months.  He agreed to the [[Munich Agreement]], making his name forever synonymous with [[appeasement]].
+[[Syria]] is a country in the Middle East, formerly part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the French Mandate.
+It lies to the southeast of [[Turkey (country)|Turkey]] and east of [[Lebanon]] and [[Israel]].  It is north of [[Jordan]] and northwest of [[Iraq]].  The capital is Damascus.  It was the first country in the region to let women vote.
+It is currently undergoing a civil war in which forces loyal to dictator Bashar Assad have kept control of the capital but lost control of large parts of the countryside and some major cities.
 ==Did you know ...==
-* ... that [[caring]] can perhaps mean being emotionally invested in something or someone and/or wanting something to turn out a certain way?
+* ... that ''[[Unshackled!]]'' is a radio drama series produced by Pacific Garden Mission, in Chicago, Illinois, that first aired in 1950?
-* ... that [[Sanger's Law]] states that online communities' cultures generally are established quickly and then become very resistant to change, because they are self-selecting?
+* ... that [[London]] is the capital of the United Kingdom?
-* ... that [[space solar power]] is the idea that electricity can be generated by satellites orbiting the Earth using large arrays of solar cells, then beamed to earth using lasers or microwaves?
+* ... that a [[calculator watch]] is a digital watch fitted with buttons, so that it can function easily as a miniature calculator?
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