Assyrians in Syria
Assyrians in Syria A large part of the Assyrian population in Syria settled there at the beginning of the French Mandate of Syria as refugees from the now Turkish areas North of present-day Syria, then as refugees from the newly independent ... Arab population, like in the Sanjak of Alexandretta, the Alaouites territory or the Jabal ...
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French Mandate of Syria
French Mandate of Syria The French Mandate of Syria was a League of Nations Mandate created ... French controlled the Mandates of Lebanon and Syria. Syria declared its independence from Vichy France in ... Henri Gouraud subdivided their new mandate of Syria into five states. They were the ...
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Talk:List of cities in Syria
Talk:List of cities in Syria I've removed the cities of Alexandretta, Antioch from this list. These are old ... of which have been in Turkey, not Syria, since the 1930s; see Hatay. Syria does dispute Turkey's sovereignty over the ...
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Hashim al-Atassi
... prominent Syrian nationalist, statesman and President of Syria (1936-1939, 1950-1951, 1954). Background and ... He delegated Shahbandar to formulate alliances between Syria and Europe, in a vein attempt to ... the adaptation of the French franc in Syria, and the dissolution of the Atassi Government ... of Maysalun and imposed their mandate over Syria. The French Mandate Politics - Politics portal Syria This article is part of the ...
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Hatay Province
... the Mediterranean Sea to the west and Syria to the south and east. Until 1938 it was a province of Syria and was known as Iskandarun Province; its ... territory. Its capital is Antakya, formerly Antioch. Alexandretta is also located within the province, but ... 726 in the 2000 census. Sanjak of Alexandretta Hatay was formerly part of various emirates ... known as the sanjak (or governorate) of Alexandretta. Following the empire's demise after ...
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Nazim al-Kudsi
Nazim al-Kudsi Politics - Politics portal Syria This article is part of the series ... of Geneva. Early career He returned to Syria in 1935 and joined the National Bloc ... that failed to prevent the annexation of Alexandretta to Turkey in 1939, and resigned from ... Aleppo who aimed at creating union between Syria and Iraq, maintaining a democratic government, and ... Assembly that drafted a new constitution for Syria and became Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
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Alawite
... a Middle Eastern religious group prominent in Syria. Alawites call themselves ʕAlawī (Arabic: ). They take ... recognized by the French when they occupied Syria in 1920. Historically, the Alawites have been ... When the Ottoman Empire took control of Syria in 1516, the Turks are said to ... minority, but politically powerful, religious sect in Syria. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Syria and Lebanon came under French mandate. ...
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Geography of Turkey
... and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. The geographic coordinates of the country lies ... km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 331 km, Syria 822 km Coastline: 7,200 km Maritime ... Turkey's two southern neighbors, Iraq and Syria, had been part of the Ottoman Empire ... of Angora (Ankara). Turkey's boundary with Syria has not been accepted by Syria. As a result of the Treaty ...
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Talk:Armenian Genocide/Fadix Analysis
... of the Armenian orphanage from Lebanon and Syria, for those orphans that survived from the ... Armenian communities in countries like Lebanon and Syria today. ANSWER: That's because Armenians were ... courts under Syrian dominance? (In cases where Syria's interests are at stake.) ANSWER: As ... losses were just exaggerations. In Lebanon and Syria there is a Marash community there, there ... the most delightful and fertile parts of Syria ... at great expense of money and ...
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Cilicia
... Amanus (Giaour Dagh), which separated it from Syria. North of Cilicia lie the rugged Taurus ... civilizations which flourished in Cappadocia and northern Syria, communicated with each other by passes east ... southward through another masonry (Syrian) gate to Alexandretta, and thence crossed Mt. Amanus by the ... Gate, Beilan Pass, eventually to Antioch and Syria; and another ran northwards through a masonry ... the Amanian Gate, Baghche Pass, to northern Syria and the Euphrates. By the last ...
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