Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/)
It is a major portal site that links a number of other websites on all the Arab
countries. It contains up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural
and religious aspects of a particular country. Just click on the name of
the country for information in English and Arabic.
Arab
Environment Monitor ( http://www.arabenvironment.net/categories/Syria/)
A
couple of articles written about the water and sanitation in Syria
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.
Fares.net (http://www.fares.net)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites on a wide range of subjects including tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business in English and Arabic. Search under the name of the country.
Global gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/SY/)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude, latitude, and altitude of each location.
International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.
Lonely
Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and
environment of that location.
MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.
Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.
Newspapers, Syria (http://www.start4all.com/newspapers/syria.htm)
It gives information in English on Syria. This site contains links to map, photographs and information on Syrian Daily.
People Group of Syria (http://www.whn.org/content/Syria.htm)
It provides information about Syrian Geography location :Boarding the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey area.
Plant
and Animal Life ( http://www.syriagate.com/Syria/about/geography/plant_animal.htm)
Describes
wild and domestic animals and the types of plant life that can be found throughout
Syria
Princeton University Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/~nes/)
Princeton Library’s site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not only invaluable information about Princeton’s programs and collections, but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all aspects of the discipline.
UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas’ Perry Castaneda Library Map collection here offers a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.
United Nations Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.
United
States. Library of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sytoc.html)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.
United States. Library of Congress. Geography
and Map Division (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.
University
of Texas Middle East Website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education
and the social sciences in the Middle East.
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