Syria is a country in the Middle East, incorporating the northern Levant.
Syria may also refer to:
Geography and history
Syria (region) refers to a wider historical geographic region. In this sense it can refer to:
In modern Middle East
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Syria (journal), an academic journal covering Semitic Middle East history
- Siria, a music duo
- Syria TV, national television channel of Syria
Other uses
- 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
See also
- Name of Syria
- Syriac (disambiguation)
- Syriac language
- Syrian (disambiguation)
- Shaam (disambiguation)
- Sham (disambiguation)
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Syria.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Syria is a country in the Middle East, incorporating the northern Levant.
Syria may also refer to:
Geography and history
Syria (region) refers to a wider historical geographic region. In this sense it can refer to:
In modern Middle East
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Syria (journal), an academic journal covering Semitic Middle East history
- Siria, a music duo
- Syria TV, national television channel of Syria
Other uses
- 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
See also
- Name of Syria
- Syriac (disambiguation)
- Syriac language
- Syrian (disambiguation)
- Shaam (disambiguation)
- Sham (disambiguation)
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Syria.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.