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• News - Country profile: Syria

  An overview of Syria including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media

  news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/count.../801669.stm

• World Service - Arabic language service

  International news and analysis, programme schedules, frequency information and audio clips

  news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/news/

• BBC World Service - News - Syrian government reacts angrily to National Geographic article

  The Syrian government has described a National Geographic article about Syria as 'condescending and inaccurate'. Its author, Don Belt, says it reflects the challenges Syria faces.

  www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/n.../091118_syria_disco_wup_ap.shtml

• Results from "News - Middle East"

  • News - Middle East - Lebanon cabinet deal signals Syrian return . Last updated: 25 Nov 2009

    But it is the punchline that makes some politicians here cringe: "The obstetrician was Syria, " it says.

    news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8378213.stm

  • News - Middle East - Israel call for Syria peace talks . Last updated: 12 Nov 2009

    The BBC's Tim Franks in Jerusalem says Israel is keen to see Syria end its support for the Islamist groups, Hamas and Hezbollah, and to prise Syria away from Iran.

    news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8356482.stm

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• BBC World Service - News - Syrian government reacts angrily to National Geographic article

  The Syrian government has described a National Geographic article about Syria as 'condescending and inaccurate'. Its author, Don Belt, says it reflects the challenges Syria faces.

  www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/l.../091118_syria_disco_wup_ap.shtml

• News - Country profiles - Timeline: Lebanon . Last updated: 11 Nov 2009

  It includes the former autonomous province of Mount Lebanon, plus the provinces of north Lebanon, south Lebanon and the Biqa, historically part of Syria.

  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_pro.../819200.stm

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  • Cornwall - Faith - Sancreed to Syria 2

    Steve Gardiner and Barrie Wright left their home at Sancreed near Penzance and travelled to some of the world's holiest sites. Read their second diary entry as they arrive in Istanbul for the first

    www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/conte.../faith_travelogue2_feature.shtml

  • Cornwall - Faith - From Sancreed to Syria

    Steve Gardiner and Barrie Wright left their home at Sancreed near Penzance and travelled to some of the world's holiest sites. Their aim was to complete their month long journey using only buses and

    www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/conten.../faith_travelogue_feature.shtml

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• BBC Four Documentaries - Holidays in the Axis of Evil

  Ben Anderson: The idea evolved after the second Axis of Evil speech when they added Syria, Libya and Cuba to the list. And in Syria we had to have a minder for most of the places we visited.

  www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/axis.shtml

• Food - TV and radio

  Finally they reached Sanliurfa, just north of Syria, where they treated the locals to ‘Sultan's delight’ cooked on a rooftop.

  www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/hairybikers_two.shtml

• History - Historic Figures: TE Lawrence (1888 - 1935)

  Lawrence studied at Oxford University and in 1909 visited Syria and Palestine. A year later he joined an archaeological dig in Syria, where he stayed from 1911 to 1914, learning Arabic.

  www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/lawrence_te.shtml