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Syria , officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (""), is a country in Western ___MASK21___ , bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest . Syria ' s capital and largest city is Damascus . Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean . It is located south of Turkey , west of Syria and Lebanon , northwest of Israel and Palestine , north of Egypt , and southeast of Greece . Lebanon , officially known as the Lebanese Republic , is a sovereign state in Western ___MASK21___ . It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south , while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea . Lebanon ' s location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity . At just 10 , 452 km ( 4 , 036 sq . mi .), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent . Olympus , or Chionistra , at 1 , 952 metres ( 6 , 404 ft ) , is the highest point in Cyprus . It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus . Mount Olympus peak and the `` Troodos Square '' fall under the territory of Platres in Limassol District . A British long range radar currently operates at Mount Olympus ' peak . The Mount Olympus Ski resort consists of the Sun Valley and North Face areas . Each area has its own chairlifts and runs . Writing in the late first century BC of first century AD , the geographer Strabo reported that on one of its promontories was a temple to Aphrodite of the Heights ( Greek :  ) , which women were forbidden to enter . There are 4 ski slopes : Aphrodite or Sun Valley I , Length : 150m , Level : Beginner Hermes or Sun Valley II , Length : 150m , Level : Intermediate Dias / Zeus or North Face I , Length : 500m , Level : Advanced Hera or North Face II , Length : 350m , Level : Beginner Turkey , officially the Republic of Turkey ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in ___MASK75___ , mainly in Anatolia in Western ___MASK21___ , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast ___MASK57___ . Turkey is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . Turkey is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate ___MASK57___ and ___MASK21___ . Turkey ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . Egypt (; ', , " Kimi "), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of ___MASK23___ and southwest corner of ___MASK21___ by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula . Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast , the Gulf of Aqaba to the east , the Red Sea to the east and south , Sudan to the south , and Libya to the west . Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt . It is the world ' s only contiguous Afrasian nation . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern ___MASK57___ . Greece ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki .