[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Official_name Syr?ian Ar?ab Repub?lic.a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km).:Damascus.", "a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present republics of Syria and Lebanon (Latakia and Jebel ed Druz were incorporated into Syria 1942): the French mandatory powers were nominally terminated as of January 1, 1944.", "an country in W Asia, including the present Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and adjacent areas: a part of the Roman Empire 64 b.c.–a.d."]}]