Syria is a country in the Middle East, incorporating the northern Levant.
Syria may also refer to:
Geography and history
editSyria (region) refers to a wider historical geographic region. In this sense it can refer to:
In modern Middle East
edit- Arab Kingdom of Syria, a short-lived Hashemite kingdom in 1920, installed after World War I and abolished by the French
- French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, incorporating the:
- State of Syria (1924–30), Mandatory proto-state, a progenitor of Mandatory Syrian Republic
- Syrian Arab Republic, a modern day UN member country
- Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, a self-proclaimed autonomous federation in Northern Syria
- Syrian opposition, a pseudo-state of the Syrian opposition as alternative to Ba'athist Syria
- Tahrir al-Sham Emirate
- Syrian areas occupied by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Turkish occupation of northern Syria
Ancient and classic Near East
edit- Syro-Hittite states, during the Early Iron Age
- Coele-Syria, a province of the Seleucid Empire and the coastal Levantine province of the Roman Empire split from Syria Palaestina in the late 2nd century CE
- Roman Syria, a Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE
- Syria Palaestina, a Roman province between 135 CE and 390 CE
- Byzantine Syria, a sub-region within Byzantine Diocese of the East
- Syria Prima, a province of the Byzantine Empire, transformed from former Roman Syria
- Syria-Coele (Roman province), a province of the Byzantine Empire, transformed from former Roman Syria
- Bilad al-Sham, a province of the early Caliphates, corresponding to former Byzantine Syria
- Ottoman Syria, a geopolitical region of Levantine provinces of the Ottoman Empire
- Damascus Eyalet until 19th century
- Syria Vilayet after the Tanzimat reforms in 19th century
Incorporation of the geographic term Syria outside of the Middle East
edit- Little Syria, Manhattan, a neighborhood that existed in New York City, United States of America
- Șiria, a commune in Arad County, Romania
- Syria, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Syria, Virginia, a town in the United States
- Syria Planum, a plateau in the Tharsis region of Mars
Art, entertainment, and media
edit- Syria (journal), an academic journal covering Semitic Middle East history
- Siria, a music duo
- Syria TV, national television channel of Syria
Other uses
edit- Syria (ship), sailing ship launched in 1868
- Syria (singer), the pseudonym of Cecilia Cipressi, an Italian singer-songwriter
- Greater Syria, either an Arab nationalistic term to define large parts of the Middle East or another name for the Syrian region