located_in Levant Syria A country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon, the Mediterranean Sea and the island of Cyprus to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). The governorates are divided into sixty districts, or manatiq (singular: mintaqah), which are further divided into sub-districts, or nawahi (singular: nahia). Al-Jumhuriyyah al-'Arabiyyah as-Suriyyah GAZ GAZ:00002474 GAZ:00002474 ISO3166-1:760 ISO3166-1:SY ISO3166-1:SYR ISO3166-2:SY Syrian Arab Republic Levant Syria A country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon, the Mediterranean Sea and the island of Cyprus to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). The governorates are divided into sixty districts, or manatiq (singular: mintaqah), which are further divided into sub-districts, or nawahi (singular: nahia). Al-Jumhuriyyah al-'Arabiyyah as-Suriyyah GAZ GAZ:00002474 GAZ:00002474 ISO3166-1:760 ISO3166-1:SY ISO3166-1:SYR ISO3166-2:SY Syrian Arab Republic