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Presidential Palace is the residence for the President of Syria, located in Damascus. It is located in the West of the city, on Mount Mezzeh North of Mezzeh neighborhood, next to Mount Qasioun and overlooks the city. The main building covers 31,500 square metres (340,000 square feet). The entire plateau of Mount Mezzeh is part of the palace premises and is surrounded by a security wall and guard watchtowers. In front of the building is a large fountain and the palace itself largely consists of empty rooms clad in Carrara marble.

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The current coat of arms of Syria or coat of arms of the Syrian Arab Republic was adopted in 1980, following the 1977 dissolution of the Federation of Arab Republics, whose coat of arms had until then been used by its constituent states. This emblem consist of the Hawk of Quraish supporting a shield bearing the national flag of Syria, and a scroll of the words "Syrian Arab Republic" in Arabic.

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The first hamsters were discovered in Syria, though they also live in Greece, Romania, Belgium and northern China. In the wild, they like to live in warm, dry areas, like steppes, sand dunes and the edges of deserts.

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Bashar Hafez al-Assad is the 19th and current President of Syria, holding the office since 17 July 2000. He is also commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces, General Secretary of the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Regional Secretary of the party's branch in Syria. He is a son of Hafez al-Assad, who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000.

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The largest religious group in Syria is the Sunni Muslims which make up around 74% of the population, of whom about 80% are native Syrian Arabs, with the remainder being Kurds, Turkomans, Circassians, and Palestinians. Sunni Islam sets the religious tone for Syria and provides the country's basic values.

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Arab women wear a black garment called an Abayah that covers them from shoulders to feet. They also wear a head and face cover that leaves only the eyes peeking out. Underneath this disguise, she may be wearing a traditional Arabian dress with intricate beading, or the latest fashion from America, but no one except her will ever know.

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Arab men wear a loose, one piece robe called a Didashah. In the summer, it is white, while in the winter, heavier fabric and darker colors are used. They also wear a three-piece head cover. The bottom piece is a white cap often filled with holes used to hold hair in place called a Thagiyah. On top is a scarf like head cover. In the summer it is white and called a Gutrah. In the winter, it is checkered, usually red and white called a Shumaq. This piece is used to protect the head from the sun, and to cover the mouth and nose in a sand storm. On top of the Thagiyah and Shamaq/Gutrah is the Ogal. The Ogal is a black band just there to hold everything else in place.

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Syrian Refugees in Bulgaria after chemical gas attack.

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As a result of the ongoing Syrian civil war, there are currently two governments claiming to be the de jure government of Syria, using different flags to represent the state. The incumbent government, led by Bashar al-Assad and the Ba'ath Party, is using the red-white-black United Arab Republic flag in use since 1980; while the Syrian Interim Government, led by the Syrian National Coalition – seeking to overthrow the Assad government – readopted the green-white-black Independence flag in 2012.

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The structure consists of a large circle of basalt rocks, containing four smaller concentric circles, each getting progressively thinner. The walls of the circles are connected by irregularly placed smaller stone walls perpendicular to the circles. At the center is a heap of rocks, known as a cairn. The cairn is about 5 meters tall, and is the tallest part of the entire structure. It is estimated that Rujm el-Hiri contains more than 40,000 tons of basalt rocks.
Rujm el-Hiri is dated to about 3000 BC, which makes it contemporary to England's Stonehenge. This is why it is often referred to as the "Stonehenge of the Levant."

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Qabbani was revered by generations of Arabs for his sensual and romantic verse. His work was featured not only in his two dozen volumes of poetry and in regular contributions to the Arabic-language newspaper Al Hayat, but in lyrics sung by Lebanese and Syrian vocalists who helped popularize his work.

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Michel Aflaq (1910-1989) was a Syrian philosopher and Arab nationalist whose ideas provided the foundation for Ba’athist political thought.

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Amal al-Atrash, better known by her stage name Asmahan, was an Egyptian singer and actress of Syrian origins who lived in Egypt.

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Farid al-Atrash also written Farid Elattrache, was an Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor of Syrian origins. Having immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine years old with his mother and siblings childhood, Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades—recording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies. Sometimes referred to as "King of the Oud", he is one of the most important figures of 20th century Arab music.

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George Wassouf is a Syrian singer. In a career spanning almost four decades, he has released more than 30 albums. With a significantly large audience of fans in Syria and abroad, he is one of the greatest singers of the Arab world.

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Sayyidah Ruqayyah Mosque is a Masjid located in Damascus, Arab Republic of Syria, Al-Sham, that contains the grave of Sukaynah, the young daughter of Al-Husayn ibn ‘Alī.

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Apamea, on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene under the Macedonians, became the capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric of late Roman province Syria Secunda and later a quadruple Catholic titular see.

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Palmyra is an ancient Semitic city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and the city was first documented in the early second millennium BC. Palmyra changed hands on a number of occasions between different empires before becoming a subject of the Roman Empire in the first century AD.

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The Roman Theatre at Palmyra is a Roman theatre in ancient Palmyra in the Syrian Desert. The unfinished theatre dates back to the second-century CE Severan period.

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The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered by some Muslims to be the fourth-holiest place in Islam. The tomb of Saladin stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque. In addition, the mosque holds a shrine which is said to contain the head of John the Baptist, who is honored as a prophet by both Christians and Muslims. The Umayyad Mosque is still one of the most impressive in the Islamic world, with a grand courtyard and spacious prayer hall.