Official Name: Al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Sūriyyah (Syrian Arab Republic)
Form of Government: unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (People’s Assembly [250])
President: Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister: Hussein Arnous
GDP: 40.41 billion USD (2007)
Capital: Damascus
Population: 17.07 million (2019)
Official Languages: Arabic
Currency: Syrian pound
Timezone: GMT+3
Area:185,180 km²
Dialing Code: +963
Major Mountain Ranges: Anti-Lebanon Mountains,Jabal al-Druze,Jebel Bishri
Major Rivers: Euphrates,Orontes,Khabur,Sajur
Continent: Asia
Border Countries: Syria is bounded by Turkey to the north, by Iraq to the east and southeast, by Jordan to the south, and by Lebanon and Israel to the southwest.
