With no explanation, label text_A→text_B with either "not_related" or "related".
text_A: Syria includes Circassians.
text_B: Syria -LRB- -LSB- ˈsɪ.riə -RSB- سوريا -RRB- , officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia , bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest .. Western Asia. Western Asia. Lebanon. Lebanon. Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Sea. Turkey. Turkey. Iraq. Iraq. Jordan. Jordan. Israel. Israel. Syria 's capital and largest city is Damascus .. Damascus. Damascus. A country of fertile plains , high mountains , and deserts , Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups , including Syrian Arabs , Greeks , Armenians , Assyrians , Kurds , Circassians , Mandeans and Turks .. Syrian Arabs. Syrians. Kurds. Kurds in Syria. Assyrians. Assyrians in Syria. Armenians. Armenians in Syria. diverse ethnic and religious groups. demographics of Syria. Greeks. Greeks in Syria. Circassians. Circassians in Syria. Mandeans. Mandaeism. Turks. Syrian Turks. Religious groups include Sunnis , Christians , Alawites , Druze , Mandeans , Shiites , Salafis , and Yazidis .. Mandeans. Mandaeism. Sunnis. Sunni Islam in Syria. Christians. Christianity in Syria. Alawites. Alawites. Druze. Druze#In Syria. Shiites. Shiites. Yazidis. Yazidis. Sunni Arabs make up the largest religious group in Syria .. Sunni Arabs. Sunni Arabs. In English , the name `` Syria '' was formerly synonymous with the Levant -LRB- known in Arabic as al-Sham -RRB- , while the modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires , including the Eblan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC .. Arabic. Modern Standard Arabic. English. English language. Levant. Levant. Before Christ. Its capital Damascus and largest city Aleppo are among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world .. Damascus. Damascus. Aleppo. Aleppo. oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. list of cities by time of continuous habitation. In the Islamic era , Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt .. Damascus. Damascus. Umayyad Caliphate. Umayyad Caliphate. Mamluk Sultanate. Mamluk Sultanate ( Cairo ). Egypt. Egypt. The modern Syrian state was established after the end of centuries of Ottoman control in World War I as a French mandate , and represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman-ruled Arab Levant .. Levant. Levant. Ottoman. Ottoman Empire. World War I. World War I. French mandate. French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon. It gained independence as a parliamentary republic on 24 October 1945 when Syria became a founding member of the United Nations , an act which legally ended the former French Mandate -- although French troops did not leave the country until April 1946 .. republic. republic. parliamentary republic. parliamentary republic. The post-independence period was tumultuous , and a large number of military coups and coup attempts shook the country in the period 1949 -- 71 .. In 1958 , Syria entered a brief union with Egypt called the United Arab Republic , which was terminated by the 1961 Syrian coup d'etat .. United Arab Republic. United Arab Republic. Egypt. Egypt. 1961 Syrian coup d'etat. 1961 Syrian coup d'etat. The Arab Republic of Syria came into being in late 1961 after December 1 constitutional referendum , and was increasingly unstable until the Ba'athist coup d'etat , since which the Ba'ath Party has maintained its power .. December 1 constitutional referendum. Syrian constitutional referendum, 1961. Ba'athist coup d'etat. 1963 Syrian coup d'etat. Ba'athist. Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region. Syria was under Emergency Law from 1963 to 2011 , effectively suspending most constitutional protections for citizens .. Bashar al-Assad has been president since 2000 and was preceded by his father Hafez al-Assad , who was in office from 1970 to 2000 .. Bashar al-Assad. Bashar al-Assad. Hafez al-Assad. Hafez al-Assad. Syria is a member of one international organization other than the United Nations , the Non-Aligned Movement ; it has become suspended from the Arab League on November 2011 and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , and self-suspended from the Union for the Mediterranean .. Non-Aligned Movement. Non-Aligned Movement. Arab League. Arab League. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Union for the Mediterranean. Union for the Mediterranean. Since March 2011 , Syria has been embroiled in an uprising against Assad and the Ba'athist government as part of the Arab Spring , a crackdown that contributed to the Syrian Civil War and to Syria 's becoming one of the most violent countries in the world .. uprising. Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War. Ba'athist. Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region. Arab Spring. Arab Spring. Syrian Civil War. Syrian Civil War. Since the start of the war in 2011 , a number of self-proclaimed state entities have since emerged on Syrian territories , including the Syrian Opposition , the Federation of Northern Syria and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .. Iraq. Iraq. Levant. Levant. Syrian Opposition. Syrian Interim Government. Federation of Northern Syria. Federation of Northern Syria. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
related.