Guides and Directories

BBC News - Country Profile: Syria - Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/801669.stm

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Syria - Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1021373886647

NationMaster - Syria - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/sy-syria

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Syria - April 1987 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sytoc.html

Syrian Websites - One page site contains links to Syrian sites.
http://www.geocities.com/syrian_sites/

Arab Bay.com - Directory and search engine for the Arab world and for every Arab country separately.
http://www.arabbay.com/Arab_Countries/Syria

Wikipedia - Syria - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria

CIA - The World Factbook: Saudi Arabia - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sy.html

Hejlah - The Country and People of Syria - Provides general information from the Columbia University Press along with a directory of categorised web links.
http://www.hejleh.com/countries/syria.html

Syria Links - Directory of Syrian sites.
http://www.syrialinks.com/

Cafe Syria - Includes various information about the country.
http://www.cafe-syria.com/

Columbia University Libraries - Middle East Studies: Syria - Directory of categorized links from the WWW-VL.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Syria.html

ArabNet - Syria - Offers an overview with information about the country's history, geography, business, culture, government, transport and tourism.
http://www.arab.net/syria/

KacMac - Features a directory and search engine.
http://www.kacmac.com/

Syria Online - Complete information resources on the syrian market place, companies, trade, and society.
http://syriaonline.com/

US Department of State - Syria - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2420.htm

United Nations - Syria - Official site provides news and information on the UN agencies, working groups, staff and operations. Includes programmes database, publications and reports.
http://www.un.org.sy/

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Syria - Annotated directory of selected online resources.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/syria/syria.html

Al-Sham - Syrian portal includes a directory and Arabic chat site.
http://www.al-sham.net

al-Bab - Syria - Offers links to resources about the country including the media and news, travel, maps, politics and government, people, economy and environment.
http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/syria.htm

Amnesty International USA - Syria - News, reports and success stories for the country including AI Annual Report entries for the past ten years. [English, Spanish]
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/syria/index.do