| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Republic under an authoritarian military-dominated regime |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo). |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%. |
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