Telephone system: 512,600 telephones; 37 telephones/1,000 persons;
fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital
upgrades, including fiber optic technology
local: NA
intercity: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network
international: 1 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik earth
station; 1 submarine cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 1, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 17
televisions: NA
@Syria:Defense Forces
Branches: Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force,
Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces, Police and Security Force
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 3,440,030; males fit for
military service 1,927,930; males reach military age (19) annually
159,942 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.2 billion, 6% of
GDP (1992)
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@Taiwan:Geography