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The opening of the Suez Canal leads to a decline is Syrai's economic importance .
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Syria is divided into three autonomous regions by the French, with separate areas for the Alawis on the coast and the Druze in the south.
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Political
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Republic unter military regime sense March 1963
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Israel quickly vanquished the Syrian army. Before acceding to the UN cease-fire, the Israeli forces took control of the fortified Golan Heights.
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Amended is February 2012
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Syria sent some 20,000 troops to support Muslim Lebanese in their armed conflict with Christian militants supported by Israel during the civil war in Lebanon
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The country's economic climate had shifted from prosperity to austerity.
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Bashar al-Assad becomes president . 2000-present
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The new President Assad orders the release of 600 political prisoners.
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The US accuses North Korea of having helped Syria to build a secret nuclear reactor at the site bombed by Israel in 2007.
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US President Barack Obama and allies call on President Assad to step down.
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Syria's economic freedom score is 51.2, makking the 139th freest economy in the 2012 index. Syria's economy remians hobbled by state bureaucracy, high unemployment, falling oil production, rising budget deficits, and inflation.
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108 people, mostly women and children, have been slaughtered sense May 28th 2012 .