Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,889,213 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males : 1,617,691 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 41,038 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3.74 billion (1995)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (1995)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: none
Illicit drugs: money-laundering center; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin ______________________________________________________________________
SYRIA
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