Syrian Talks...Many Tongues

Mavi Boncuk | 

The CIA World Factbook summarizes Syria’s cultural make-up as follows:
“Ethnic Groups: Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%. Religions: Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo).”


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Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy