Syria is located in the northern hemisphere.

Qatana is a city in southern Syria. Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria

Assyrian's/ Chaldeans/Syriac Those are the natives of Iraq, Syria and Southern Turkey.

Canaan now is Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, southern Lebanon and Syria

Syria and Israel are both big places.

Northern Israel and southern Syria share a common stretch of border, so in that region,

the distance between them is zero.

On the other hand, from the Israeli port of Eilat to the northeast point in Syria where it

meets Turkey and Iraq, the distance is about 680 miles.

So the answer to the question is: 680 miles or less.