Syria - Wikipedia Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital under the Mamluk Sultanate The modern Syrian state was established in the mid-20th century after centuries of Ottoman rule, as a French Mandate The state represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman -ruled Syrian provinces
Syria News | Todays Latest Stories | Reuters The Israeli military struck infrastructure sites belonging to the Syrian government overnight in response to attacks against Druze civilians in Sweida, the Israeli military said on Friday
Syria | Syria | Todays latest from Al Jazeera Thousands of Syrian refugees flee Lebanon after Israeli strikes Thousands of Syrian refugees are fleeing Israeli strikes across Lebanon and trying to return to Syria