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Syria - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | The defeat of the Syrians and Egyptians in the June 1967 war with Israel weakened the radical socialist regime established by the 1966 coup. |
 | | While modern-day Syrians are commonly ascribed to as Arabs — by virtue of their modern-day language and intrinsic bonds to Arab culture and history — they are in fact a blend of the various ancient Semitic groups indigenous to the region who in turn admixed with later arriving Arabs. |
 | | Syrian writers, many of whom emigrated to Egypt, played a crucial role in the nahda or Arab literary and cultural revival of the nineteenth century. |
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