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Capital: damascus
Country name
: conventional long form: syrian arab republic conventional short form: syria local long form: al jumhuriyah al arabiyah as suriyah local short form: suriyah former: united arab republic (with egypt)
National holiday: independence day. 17 april (1946)
Government type
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republic under an authoritarian. military-dominated regime since march 1963
Administrative divisions: 14 provinces (muhafazat. singular - muhafazah); al hasakah. al ladhiqiyah. al qunaytirah. ar raqqah. as suwayda'. dar'a. dayr az zawr. dimashq. halab. hamah. hims. idlib. rif dimashq. tartus |
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Independence:
17 april 1946 (from league of nations mandate under french administration)
Political parties and leaders: arab socialist unionist movement [ahmed al-ahmed]; national progressive front or npf (includes arab socialist renaissance (ba'th) party; the governing party) [president bashar al-asad. secretary general]; socialist unionist democratic party [fadlallal nasr al-din]; syrian arab socialist party or asp [safwan qudsi]; syrian communist party (two branches) [wissal farha bakdash. yuusuf rashid faysal]; syrian social national party [jubran urayji]; unionist socialist party [fayez ismail]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
kurdish democratic alliance (includes several groups but has no designated leader); kurdish democratic front (includes several groups but has no designated leader); muslim brotherhood (operates in exile in london) [sadr al-din al-bayanuni]; national democratic front [hassan abd al-azim]
International organization participation
: abeda. afesd. amf. caeu. fao. g-24. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct (signatory). icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iso. itu. las. miga. nam. oapec. oic. un. unctad. unesco. unido. unrwa. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo
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