Syria is nominally a republic, but has been ruled by the Baath Party for nearly 40 years. The current president, Bashar al-Assad, took office after his father and predecessor as president died in 2000.
Syria is a major regional power and often suspected of subversive activities in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. It has also been at odds with Israel since that country captured Syrian's Golan Heights territory in the 1967 war.
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