looked into syria a bit, but don't see anything to indicate it was ever a western ally. it was established as a french mandate after ww1, and has had mostly trouble ever since. lots of upheaval, and then the assads took over, first the father and of course now his son. they were allies with iran during the iran/iraq war, and are foes of israel.
ww1, the gift that keeps on giving.
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