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The reason for this great population diversity is that Syria is considered one of the most vibrant regions in ancient history, and one of the oldest lands in which human remains have been discovered from prehistoric times, as there are still people in Maaloula near Damascus who speak Aramaic, which was spoken by Christ. Syria was also the land that the father of the prophets Abraham crossed five centuries before the emergence of Judaism, and it was the main stage for major confrontations that did not stop for many centuries between the ancient empires of the Phoenicians, Assyrians, Greeks, Persians, Romans and Pharaohs. Then, after the establishment of Islam, it was a main stage for confronting the Mongol and Crusader invasions. All of this, in addition to the historical migration currents, explains the multiplicity of affiliations, although Sunni Muslim Arabs have remained the vast majority of the population since the emergence of Islam until today, according to what the newspaper "Asharq Al-Awsat" mentioned in a report published on Saturday 26-3-2011. Roughly speaking, according to available figures, Syria, which has a population of about 20 million, is inhabited by: 70% Sunnis (Arabs), 8 to 9% Alawites (Arabs), 8% Sunnis (Kurds), 8% Christians (mainly Orthodox Arabs), 2 to 3% Druze (Arabs), 1% Shiites (Arabs and others), less than 1% Sunnis (Circassians), less than 1% other minorities such as Yazidis and Ismailis, including several thousand Jews. #Ahmad_Fakhoury #Syria #Reconciliation