Syria (i/ËsɪriÉ/ SIRR-ee-Éâ¯; Arabic: Ø³ÙØ±Ùاâ / ALA-LC: SÅ«riyÄ, or Ø³ÙØ±ÙØ© / SÅ«rÄ«yah; Syriac: Ü£ÜܪÜÜ; Kurdish: Ø³ÙØ±ÛÙâ, Sûrî), officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the…