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Beirut
SYRIAN ARAB
REPUBLIC
Damaskus
Southeastern Anatolia
Project (GAP), ongoing
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do not imply the expression of any opinion
whatsoever on the part of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations concerning the legal status of
any country, territory, city or area or of its
authorities, or concerning the delimitation
of its frontiers or boundaries.
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