Syria, 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. The western two-thirds of Syrias Golan Heights are since 1967 occupied by Israel and were in 1981 effectively annexed by Israel, whereas the eastern third is controlled by Syria, with the UNDOF maintaining a buffer zone in between, to implement the ceasefire of the Purple Line. Syria's capital and largest city is 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. Religious groups include Sunnis, Christians, Alawites, Druze, Mandeans, Shiites, Salafis, Yazidis, and Jews. Sunni Arabs make up the largest religious group in Syria.

In English, the name "Syria" was formerly synonymous with the Levant (known in Arabic as "al-Sham"), while the modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC. Its capital Damascus and largest city Aleppo are among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In the Islamic era, Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt.

1. What country are we discussing?
2. What's the official name?
3. What borders it?
4. What about to the north?
5. And on the east?
6. Is it near Israel?
7. Is it on the boarder too?
8. What border?
9. Does it have a mixture of ethnic groups?
10. Who you say there are more than 3?
11. Name one ethnic group?
12. Can you name another one?
13. Are there lots of religions there two?
14. Would you stay more than 6?
15. What's the largest religious group?
16. What is it synonymous for in English?
17. What's the capital?
18. And largest city?
19. Is it pretty old?
20. Do a lot of people still live there?

Numbered answers:
1. Syria
2. Syrian Arab Republic
3. Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west
4. Turkey
5. Iraq
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. southwest.
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Syrian Arabs
12. Greeks
13. there are more than two.
14. Yes I would
15. Sunni Arabs
16. Levant
17. Damascus
18. Aleppo
19. Yes it is
20. Yes