While the Syrian government may not yet fully control those areas, its forces now have a more expansive geographical footprint than at any time during the past half decade — a direct result of ...

American Geographical Society Syria, the Druses and Maronites. Share full article. Oct. 26, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Maps showing the territorial battle for control of Syria, with information provided by the Syria Needs Analysis Project and the Institute for the Study of War.

Map of Sykes–Picot Agreement. Royal Geographical Society, 1910-15. Signed by Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot, 8 May 1916. Public Domain. Syria and Iraq are no more. They have ceased to be ...

Russia's senior military officer Sergei Rudskoi sits below a map of Syria screened during a briefing at the Russian Defence Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 14, 2018, following overnight ...

These rules of geography are especially clear in Russia, where power is hard to defend, and where for centuries leaders have compensated by pushing outward. Recommended Reading Why the Past 10 ...

Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4). In 1970 the defence minister, Hafez al-Assad, took over the party ...

Castles, Ancient Treasures Under Fire in Syria—Possibly Beyond Repair As shells rip through ancient citadels and artifacts go missing, experts worry some damage may be beyond repair. By Lacey Gray ...

(Read about Syria’s emancipation from Turkey in a 1919 issue of National Geographic and its freedom from France in a 1946 issue of National Geographic.) ... country archaeologists to build 3D maps.

Syria in a map: Who controls what now that Assad is gone? By Audrey Courty. Topic: Unrest, Conflict and War. Thu 12 Dec Thursday 12 December Thu 12 Dec 2024 at 7:27pm.