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Syria

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Location

The Resume

    (April 17, 1946- )
    Located in Middle East
    Borders Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
    Slightly larger than North Dakota
    Israel occupies some of Syria's land (Golan Heights)
    Population is larger than Florida
    League of Nations granted them independence from the French (April 17, 1946)

Why Syria might be annoying:

    Its people suffer from dust and sandstorms.
    Infant mortality rate is about 4%.
    Three out of ten adults can not read and write.
    Nine of twenty adult women can not read and write.
    It formed the United Arab Republic with Egypt, it only lasted a few years.
    The country is governed by the military since March 1963.
    Its legal system is based on Islamic law which includes public beheading.
    President Hafiz al-Asad seized power after the November 1970 coup (February 22, 1971).
    Only one in twenty-four people own a Television set.
    Its people have border disputes with Israel and Turkey.
    It has troops occupying parts of Lebanon.
    Opiates and hashish traffic through its borders.
    Syrians spend a lot of time with their hookahs (water pipes).
    Latakia is a prized tobacco, from the city of the same name.
    Santa doesn't give gifts on Christmas, one of the wise men's camels does (known as the gift giving camel).

Why Syria might not be annoying:

    The oldest standing Christian church is at Qal'at es Salihige (232).
    Syria's Simeon Stylites was the world's first-and greatest flagpole sitter. He perched atop a 50-foot Aleppo pillar for thirty years.
    Golden hamsters were first discovered in Syria (1930's).
    Citizens are Syrians, seriously.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 39 Votes: 12.82% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 353 Votes: 48.73% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 105 Votes: 50.48% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 193 Votes: 53.37% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 83 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 116 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 215 Votes: 52.56% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 53 Votes: 56.60% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 169 Votes: 63.31% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 154 Votes: 50.65% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 234 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 336 Votes: 77.98% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 163 Votes: 65.64% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 643 Votes: 70.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 177 Votes: 74.01% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 354 Votes: 77.12% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 1359 Votes: 78.66% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 689 Votes: 76.34% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 647 Votes: 69.40% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1032 Votes: 70.25% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1018 Votes: 67.39% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2407 Votes: 78.06% Annoying