Proper noun
Syria
A country in West Asia. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic.
(historical) An Ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE.
Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians living in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon. Walter Russell Mead
At Jaffa in Syria and among the Nomads in Arabia, are lakes of enormous size that yield very large masses of asphalt, which are carried off by the inhabitants thereabouts. Vitruvius
As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed. Bashar al-Assad
This murder of Hariri was deliberately planned and executed precisely to implicate Syria and to set in train the events which have unfolded. George Galloway
Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon – and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank – and Gaza in particular. Mohamed ElBaradei
Syria is already in the grips of a civil war, unfortunately enough, and Egypt is moving in that direction. We would like to see the Egyptian people avoid this fate. Vladimir Putin