6000 years EDIT: This is incorrect. Syria has been called Syria since 10,000 B.C. Syria used to be larger than it currently is, but it divided into multiple countries. Source: I am Syrian.
Syria was created on 1946-04-17.
Syria is very old country. but it was under Ottoman rule
Since the creating of Syria by the French, the capital has always been in Damascus.
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Syria Poletti was born on February 10, 1919, in Pieve di Cadore, Veneto, Italy.
Saint Maron was born and lived his life in Syria.
Pope Saint Gregory was born in Syria and was last pope born outside Europe until the ascension of Pope Francis.
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Salah Dehny was born in 1925, in Syria.
Carzou was born on January 1, 1907, in Syria.
Mirna Hindoyan was born in Aleppo, in Syria.
Joude Gorani was born in 1980, in Syria.
Aliye Rona was born in 1921, in Der'a, Syria.
Omar Amiralay was born in 1944, in Damascus, Syria.
Minnie Milne was born in c. 1872, in Syria.
Khaled Taja was born in 1939, in Damascus, Syria.