Syria (; or ,
Suriya or
Suriyah), officially the
Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in
Western Asia.
De jure Syrian territory borders
Lebanon and the
Mediterranean Sea to the west,
Turkey to the north,
Iraq to the east,
Jordan to the south, and
Israel to the southwest, but the government's control now extends to approximately 30–40% of the
de jure state area and less than 60% of the population.