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n. - An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean.

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  • “I am convinced that his description of his treatment in Syria is accurate,” Stephen Toope wrote.
  • Afterward, some children said they would like it better in Syria, which is where they had been after becoming political refugees from Iraq.
  • GayandRight: And, they call Syria a secular state...
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