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| | Syria |
 | | Its capital is Damascus its is composed of 14 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Hasakah, Al Ladhiqiyah, Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az Zawr, Dimashq, Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq, Tartus. |
 | | Of all political parties and pressure groups the Baath party, a pan-Arab socialist group founded in the 1940s by Salah al Din al Bitar and Michel Aflaq, was to become the most powerful and influential. |
 | | Hafiz Al Assad remained president until his death in July 2000, when his son and present Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, came into power. |
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