Syria is located in western Asia. It neighbors Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq. The country just barely touches the Mediterranean Sea on it's western border. The majority of the religious studies in Syria are Islamic or branched from Islam, though there are some Christians, too. The main language spoken in Syria is Arabic, but different regions sometimes choose another language.
Recently, in 2006 riots started in Syria due to controversial cartoons made in Denmark about one of the prophets of Islam, Muhammad. During the riots the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish embassies were attacked. Suddenly President Bashar Assad, the leader of Syria, said that the message had gone through and the riots halted immediately.
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