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| state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/syria.html Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Syria. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discri | |
| arab.net/syria/syria_contents.html Brief details of the history and geography of Syria, culture, as well as business and transport information. | ||
| haynese.winthrop.edu/mlas/syria.html Summary of the nature and structure of government of Syria, with links to several other resources about the country. | ||
| sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Syri.html Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness. A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Syria, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. | ||
| lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east.html Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East, including several maps of Iraq, Kuwait and Kurdish areas in the Middle East. | ||
| awo.net/ Range of information about the Arab world, events, travel , news, organisations, including business and entertainment, plus a commercial directory and a set of country-specific information about various Arab countries. | ||
| travel-guide.com/data/syr/syr.asp Basic reference information about Syria, population, geography, language, religion, time zone, history , capital, population density, such as area and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, | ||
| politicalresources.net/syria.htm Listing of political resources relevant to Syria, government, with links to parties, organisations, media and results of recent elections and results of recent elections, where available. | ||
| lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sytoc.html Detailed handbook describing the history of Syria and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention | ||
| odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sy.html Basic reference information about Syria, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, c | ||
| indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/tilke/ Includes images of costumes from Afghanistan, Persia, India, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, China and Japan. A book about Oriental costumes originally published in 1922. | ||
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