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• Regional: Middle East: Guides and Directories  (10)

al-Bab - Syria - - Offers extensive links to resources about the country including the media and news, travel, maps, politics and government, people, economy and environment.

Al-Sham - - Syrian portal includes a directory and Arabic chat site.

Arab Bay.com - - Directory and search engine for the Arab world and for every Arab country separately.

ArabNet - Syria - - Offers an overview with information about the country's history, geography, business, culture, government, transport and tourism.

BBC News - Country Profile: Syria - - Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.

Cafe Syria - - Includes various information about the country.

CIA - The World Factbook: Saudi Arabia - - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

Columbia University Libraries - Middle East Studies: Syria - - Directory of categorized links from the WWW-VL.

Hejlah - The Country and People of Syria - - Provides general information from the Columbia University Press along with a directory of categorised web links.

KacMac - - Features a directory and search engine.

NationMaster - Syria - - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.

Syria Links - - Directory of Syrian sites.

Syria Live - - Includes various types of information about the country and links.

Syria Online - - Complete information resources on the syrian market place, companies, trade, and society.

Syrian Websites - - One page site contains links to Syrian sites.

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Syria - - Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.

United Nations - Syria - - Official site provides news and information on the UN agencies, working groups, staff and operations. Includes programmes database, publications and reports.

University of Texas - MENIC: Syria - - Links to web resources from the Middle East Network Information Center.

US Department of State - Syria - - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Syria - - April 1987 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Syria - - Annotated directory of selected online resources.

Wikipedia - Syria - - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.