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Syria
Last reviewed: 23 March 2009

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GEOGRAPHY

Syria shares a northern border with Turkey, in the east and southeast with Iraq, in the south with Jordan and in the west with Lebanon and Israel. Syria's most contentious boundary is with Israel, where the latter has occupied Syrian territory, the Golan, since 1967. Israel formally annexed the Golan in 1981. Syria also has a short Mediterranean coastline of some 193 km between Lebanon and Turkey

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FCO Travel Advice: Syria

See Also

•   UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: Syria

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• BBC News Country Timeline: Syria
• British Council: Syria

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