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Syria in a sentence
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Syria meaning
- A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
- A historical region of West Asia, extending from modern-day southeast Turkey to the north, the Euphrates and Arabian Desert to the east, the Sinai Peninsula to the south, and the Mediterranean sea to the west.
- An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 198 CE.
Synonyms of Syria
Using Syria
- The main meaning on this page is: A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus. | A historical region of West Asia, extending from modern-day southeast Turkey to the north, the Euphrates and Arabian Desert to the east, the Sinai Peninsula to the south, and the Mediterranean sea to the west. | An ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 198 CE.
- Useful related words include: syrian arab republic, asian country, asian nation.
- In the example corpus, syria often appears in combinations such as: in syria, and syria, of syria.
Context around Syria
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Syria
- In this selection, "syria" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, northeast, turned, crossing, itself, last and next stand out and add context to how "syria" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 32 in syria, ambassador to syria samir al, northern syria and southern syria. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "syria" sits close to words such as apartment, universe and steve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with syria
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At alam naman natin ang kalagayan sa Syria hindi napakaganda (because it was not only Turkey, Syria was also hit. (20 words)
Another leaked document reportedly shows Russia, Syria and Iran are working on a broader effort to push the U.S. out of Syria. (23 words)
Palestinian Ambassador to Syria Samir al-Rifai said the confirmed death toll among Palestinian refugees in Syria stood at 44 as of Tuesday evening. (24 words)
A look at the attacks and the U.S. response: According to the Pentagon, Iranian-backed militants have launched 61 attacks on bases and facilities housing U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria since October 17. Of those, 29 have been in Iraq and 32 in Syria. (47 words)
The ongoing conflict has isolated many areas of Syria and complicated efforts to get aid in. The U.N. said the first earthquake-related aid convoy crossed from Turkey into northwestern Syria on Friday — a day after a pre-planned aid shipment arrived. (43 words)
Additional attacks that day occurred at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center near Baghdad International Airport and a mission support site in Euphrates in Northeast Syria; on Oct. 20 at al-Harir air base; and Oct. 23 at Al Tanf Garrison in Syria. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Furthermore, Israel militarily seized the Golan Heights from Syria and possesses no right to launch air strikes from Syria’s territory there against the parts of Syria that Israel does not control.
The Israeli Air Force has turned Syria into a shooting gallery, with hundred of strikes hitting Iranian convoys crossing Syria to supply arms to Hezbollah into Lebanon, as well as Iranian and Hezbollah bases in Syria itself.
In contrast to Donald Trump—who did not care about Syria last week and will likely not care about Syria next week—Ayatollah Khamenei’s opposition to Israel, and his commitment to Syria, has not wavered for four decades.
Additional attacks that day occurred at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center near Baghdad International Airport and a mission support site in Euphrates in Northeast Syria; on Oct. 20 at al-Harir air base; and Oct. 23 at Al Tanf Garrison in Syria.
A look at the attacks and the U.S. response: According to the Pentagon, Iranian-backed militants have launched 61 attacks on bases and facilities housing U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria since October 17. Of those, 29 have been in Iraq and 32 in Syria.
Another leaked document reportedly shows Russia, Syria and Iran are working on a broader effort to push the U.S. out of Syria.
At alam naman natin ang kalagayan sa Syria hindi napakaganda (because it was not only Turkey, Syria was also hit.
France said the six-month renewal would have “plunged Syria into uncertainty in winter,” a view echoed by other UN members, which expressed their concern over the harsh winter in northern Syria.
Furthermore, he said Iran did not help Syria throughout the conflict for the sake of helping it, “rather it was seeking a foothold in the Arab world through Iraq and Syria.
In late March, US forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard following a suspected Iran-linked drone attack that killed a US contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria.
Lefeber said that “the institutionalized nature” of torture in Syria was clear from the number of victims and the “striking consistency of the methods of torture” throughout Syria.
Monday's quake cut a swath of destruction stretching hundreds of miles across Turkey and Syria, toppling thousands of buildings and heaping more misery on a region shaped by Syria's 12-year civil war.
On Syria, Çavuşoğlu said the U.S. side has proposed cooperation and engagement with Türkiye, a development that comes after Türkiye and Syria launched talks with the mediation of Russia.
Palestinian Ambassador to Syria Samir al-Rifai said the confirmed death toll among Palestinian refugees in Syria stood at 44 as of Tuesday evening.
Speaking at the United Nations Security Council meeting on “The situation in the Middle East: (Syria)”, Zahra Ershadi said, "We hope that Western countries will soon reassess and rectify their policy towards Syria.
Syria and Tunisia have announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that in response to the Tunisian President's initiative to appoint an ambassador for his country in Damascus, Syria decided to reopen its embassy in Tunisia.
The Caesar Act imposes economic sanctions on the government of Syria and its supporters, including individuals and entities, who are found to be involved in human rights abuses or undermining the political process in Syria.
The ongoing conflict has isolated many areas of Syria and complicated efforts to get aid in. The U.N. said the first earthquake-related aid convoy crossed from Turkey into northwestern Syria on Friday — a day after a pre-planned aid shipment arrived.
Volunteers with the Syria Civil Defense assist three people, a child, his uncle and his aunt, who suffered injuries after a dud submunition exploded in front of their house on October 7, in the city of Termanin, Syria.
A monitor of Syria's war said on Saturday that rebels controlled most of Aleppo, reporting Russian air strikes on parts of Syria's second city for the first time since 2016.
Phrases with syria
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with syria
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in syria 86×
- and syria 35×
- of syria 29×
- syria and 24×
- to syria 17×
- northern syria 14×
- from syria 11×
- syria on 11×
- syria in 11×
- with syria 8×