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The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
Syria
For more information see the Syria profile.
The Syrian Arab Republic is located on the
eastern Mediterranean coast, in the Middle East. It has a varied topography of mountains,
fertile plains, and desert. Oil and agriculture are
important to the economy, but heavy military spending in confrontations
with Israel have hindered development. A part of the Ottoman Empire until
1918, Syria gained independence from France in 1946. Since a coup in
1970, it has enjoyed relative internal stability. At one
time Islam was the state religion, and though it is still recognized as
the religion of themajority, Syria is now a secular state with no official
religion. The Christian minority is tolerated and has freedom to worship
and witness.
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