Syria - Wink Travel Guide

Syria is one of the larger states of the Middle East.

Its capital, and second largest city after Aleppo, is Damascus, the world's oldest continuously inhabited city.

Syria is bordered to the north by Turkey, to the east by Iraq, by Jordan and Israel to the south, and by Lebanon to the south-west. In addition, the western part of the country has a short coastline on the Mediterranean Sea.

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