User:SuperPAPI69/sandbox

This is a list of municipalities in Syria which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).



Aleppo


 * 🇱🇧 Beirut, Lebanon
 * 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Turkey
 * 🇹🇷 Kilis, Turkey
 * 🇹🇷 Osmangazi, Turkey

Al-Zabadani


 * 🇩🇪 Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany

Damascus


 * 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * 🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan
 * 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
 * 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain
 * Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 * 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
 * 🇪🇸 Toledo, Spain
 * 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia

Deir ez-Zor


 * 🇦🇲 Armavir, Armenia

Homs


 * 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
 * 🇹🇷 Kayseri, Turkey
 * 🇮🇷 Yazd, Iran

Kobani


 * 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy


 * 🇮🇹 Naples, Italy


 * 🇮🇹 Ancona, Italy

Latakia


 * 🇹🇷 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
 * 🇹🇳 Sousse, Tunisia
 * 🇺🇦/🇷🇺 Yalta, Ukraine/Russia (disputed)

Manbij


 * 🇹🇷 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Safita


 * 🇦🇺 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia (2005)

Tartus


 * 🇹🇷 Kütahya, Turkey
 * 🇬🇷 Piraeus, Greece
 * 🇪🇸 Tortosa, Spain

Contested cities
🇹🇷 Antakya and Erzin, par of theHatay Province (Liwa' Iskenderun in arabic) was part of Syria, then, Ottoman Syria, later on, the French mandate of Syria, but became part of Turkey since its annexation in 1939. The French encouraged the annexation, hoping it would act as an incentive to Turkey to reject an alliance with Nazi Germany. The Hatay province is part of historic Syria.

Antakya, Turkey


 * 🇩🇪 Aalen, Germany (since 1995).

Erzin, Turkey


 * 🇩🇪 Freiberg am Neckar, Germany
 * 🇦🇿 Quba, Azerbaijan, since 2011

🇮🇱 The Golan Heights is part of Syria, occupied by Zionist Israel since 1967 in the context of the Six-Day war. It is internationally recognised as a part of Syria, unlike the Hatay province which is claimed solely by the Syrian government and Arab nationalists.

Ein Qiniyye, Occupied by Israel


 * 🇺🇸 Great Neck, New York, USA (2022)

Qatzrin, Occupied by Israel


 * 🇨🇿 Mikulov, Czech Republic