Syria lies northeast of Palestine. You can locate it by noting on your map that part of the country northeast of Arabia north of the Lake of Galilee to the Euphrates (-fr´ tz) River. The chief city of Syria is Damascus. It is on the railroad running south from Aleppo. Its seaport is Beirut (b-rt´) which is 57 miles distant. Its population can only be guessed at. Some guesses place it at 150,000 and others at 235,000.Keystone ID: 7323 Note: All titles, descriptions, and location coordinates are from the original Keystone Slide documentation as supplied by the Keystone View Company. No text has been edited or changed.