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Word: tartous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1974-1974
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...Economy Minister. "We have the land, oil, phosphates, iron ore, the right geographical location and a hardworking people." A magnificent sweep of Mediterranean coast is waiting to be developed; at the moment, Latakia is the only port city of any size. But there are developing ports at Banias and Tartous. In the interior, the Orontes River, which flows perversely to the north while all the others in the Fertile Crescent flow south, waters a lush plain where the wheat fields are as endless as those in Kansas or Nebraska. This year Syria expects a bumper crop of two million tons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SYRIA: Waspish Waist of the Arab World | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

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