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World Factbook: Syria Transnational Issues


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Syria Transnational Issues:

Disputes — international:
Golan Heights is Israeli-occupied with the almost 1,000-strong UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) patrolling a buffer zone since 1964; Lebanon claims Shaba'a farms in Golan Heights; international pressure prompts the removal of Syrian troops and intelligence personel stationed in Lebanon since October 1976; Syria protests Turkish hydrological projects regulating upper Euphrates waters; 2004 Agreement and pending demarcation settles border dispute with Jordan

413827 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)):
refugees country of origin: NA
IDPs: 170000 (most displaced from Golan Heights during 1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2004)

Illicit drugs:
A transit point for opiates and hashish bound for regional and Western markets; weak anti-money-laundering controls, bank privatization may leave it vulnerable to money-laundering


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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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