Syria
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Syria,[a] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic that consists of 14 governorates as subdivisions. Damascus is Syria's capital and largest city. With a population of 24.8 million, it is the 57th most populous country in the world and the 8th most populated in the Arab world. Syria is spread across an area of 185,180 square kilometers (71,500 sq mi), making it the 87th largest country in the world.
Historically, "Syria" referred to a broader region, synonymous with the Levant and known in Arabic as al-Sham. The modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC. In the Islamic era, Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital for the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt. The modern Syrian state was established in the mid-20th century as a French Mandate after centuries of Ottoman rule. Following by the newly created state represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman-ruled Syrian provinces. It gained de jure independence as a parliamentary republic in 1945 when the new Republic became a founding member of the United Nations. This act legally ended the former French mandate. However, French troops did not withdraw until April 1946, granting de facto independence.
The post-independence period was tumultuous, with multiple military coup attempts shaking the country between 1949 and 1971. In 1958, Syria entered a brief union with Egypt, which was terminated in the 1961 coup d'état and was renamed as the Arab Republic of Syria in a constitutional referendum. The 1963 coup d'état carried out by the military committee of the Ba'ath Party established a one-party state and ran Syria under emergency law from 1963 to 2011, effectively suspending constitutional protections for citizens. Internal power struggles within Ba'athist factions caused further coups in 1966 and 1970, which eventually resulted in the seizure of power by Hafiz al-Assad. He effectively established an Alawi minority rule to consolidate power within his family. After Assad's death, his son Bashar al-Assad inherited the presidency in 2000. Since 2011, Syria has been embroiled in a multi-sided civil war, with the involvement of different countries. Three political entities – the Syrian Interim Government, the Syrian Salvation Government, and Rojava – have emerged in Syrian territory to challenge Assad's rule.
A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians, Circassians, Greeks, Turkmens, Kurds, Albanians, and Chechens. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Jews, and Druze. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Sunni Muslims are the largest religious group. Damascus and Aleppo hold great significance in cultural heritage. The country is a totalitarian dictatorship with a comprehensive cult of personality around the Assad family. Syria is now the only country that is governed by Ba'athists, who advocate Arab socialism and Arab nationalism.
Spanking and Spanking Art in Syria
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JCP in Syria (from Corpun.com
There has been, as far as is known, no provision for formal JCP under the Assad regime in Syria, but Islamist forces who have taken over parts of the country implement their own justice systems, involving public floggings of a more or less ad hoc nature.
Prostitution in Syria
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External links
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