Syrian English

Meaning Syrian meaning

What does Syrian mean?

Syrian

— adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture the Syrian government

— noun a native or inhabitant of Syria

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How do I use Syrian in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Chancellor Merkel said that all Syrian migrants would be allowed to come to Germany and apply for asylum.

Where is the Syrian embassy?

Sami is Syrian.

Layla is Syrian.

I am Syrian.

Movie subtitles

From today on for every Frenchman murdered, we will execute five Syrian hostages.

You and your cruddy Syrian patriots.

He deliberately walked into Syrian headquarters.

The finest Syrian wine from the vintage you like the best.

The emperor's spy is cleverer than a poor Syrian guide.

The Syrian merchant who dines with me tonight brings me a ruby that once belonged to a queen.

Your name, Syrian?

What are you, Syrian?

You ever been to bed with a Syrian who chewed tobacco?

The Syrian.

Instead, it was carried by sea from the Syrian ports. to Toulon and Malaga. and then to Palermo and Naples.

There's a smelly Syrian just opened up downtown, babe.

Remember that Syrian restaurant where you can't order anything?

But he wasn't a Syrian, was he?

Himalayan, Russian, Syrian and polar bears.

For there's a governor's post in the Syrian desert that Requires no such astute knowledge.

When the Syrian Arabs murdered my father in his own mosque.

A Syrian shepherd?

One hour before the Syrian shepherd arrives.

Samson? Samson the Sadducee Strangler, sir. Silas the Syrian Assassin.

Syrian.

That's the Syrian border.

And now, a voluptuous Syrian beauty for only 50 piasters.

Who will offer more for this Syrian delight?

The young Syrian has slain himself!

It is strange that the young Syrian has slain himself.

No. Syrian.

The Syrian territory is just 10 steps away.

The artillery fire is targeting the Syrian positions.

Er, her name was Latifah. And she was something like the chief engineer on a Syrian minesweeper.

The order came through Syrian defense.

Syrian Air Defense didn't hear you.

We're out of Syrian airspace.

Ordinarily, we get info from inside Syrian intelligence.

We just blew up Syrian intelligence.

News and current affairs

The civil war continued for another six years, followed by a bumpy political aftermath: Syrian intervention and expulsion (two decades later), as the Lebanese defined their own fate with the US exercising only background influence.

Such a possibility seems even more far-fetched as long as the Iranian nuclear crisis remains unresolved and the Syrian crisis continues to widen the region's Shia-Sunni divide (reflected in increased tension between Turkey and Iran).

There also is no doubt about the legitimacy of concerns about elements of the Syrian opposition.

In these circumstances, a no-fly zone would not only clear the skies of Syrian warplanes and missiles, thereby reducing the scale of the slaughter; it would also show Assad and his supporters that he truly is vulnerable.

Likewise, a no-fly zone in Syria would immediately restrict the Syrian government's means of delivery of weapons of mass destruction.

But Israel has managed to attack Syrian territory twice - destroying a North Korean-staffed nuclear reactor in 2007 and, more recently, striking a Hezbollah convoy - with no casualties or loss of planes.

Midway through her remarks, she began speaking not to the Syrian ambassador, who was in the room, or even the Syrian government, but directly to the Syrian people.

Nor are the talks a Syrian ploy to avoid facing an international tribunal on the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.

An Israeli-Syrian peace deal is strategically vital for both sides, and both sides know it.

An Israeli-Syrian peace is a weighty strategic necessity for Israel, too.

Indeed, while Hezbollah prospered under Syrian occupation, it never reached the extraordinary political power that it has today.

A US-backed Israeli-Syrian peace could transform the strategic environment, potentially drawing other Middle East spoilers into a system of regional cooperation and security.

PARIS - By chance, it appears that the US Congress will decide on or around September 11 whether to endorse President Barack Obama's proposal to respond militarily to the Syrian government's use of poison gas against civilians.

The events of September 11, 2001, are also playing a crucial role in deciding the question of a punitive strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

This leaves Iran the opening it needs to place a strategic bet that the Syrian conflict will generate increasing friction between the West and Iran's regional archrival, Saudi Arabia.

For Jolie, that means often using her iconic status to advance a positive agenda, whether the issue is Syrian refugees in Jordan or breast-cancer awareness.

But, as a Syrian tweeted to me, what the world hears Obama saying is that the US will use force to avenge the deaths of two American journalists, but will stand by while 200,000 Syrians are slaughtered.

Unless US military action is seen as actually protecting the lives and property of the Iraqi and Syrian people, the US will quickly lose the propaganda war to the Islamic state.

The only way to bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table is to weaken him and the Islamic State simultaneously.

When the Syrian conflict began, it was an internal matter, with UN involvement limited to humanitarian and refugee issues.

Indeed, a Bosnia-type scenario can no longer be excluded, while the prospect of the Syrian government's loss of control over its chemical weapons poses an immediate threat of military intervention by Turkey, Israel, or the US.

Moreover, the Syrian civil war has become a proxy in an openly declared battle for regional hegemony between Iran on one side and Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and the US on the other.

Indeed, parallel to the Syrian drama, the rhetoric in the confrontation between Israel and Iran over the program has become dramatically harsher.