English and French are also understood by Syrian citizens, mostly in urban centers and among the educated.

Ethnic Syrians, including some 400,000 Palestinians, make up 85% of the population. Many educated Syrians also speak English or French, but English is the more widely understood.

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Well some of that is due to the invasions of the ancient Greeks under Alexander. Many of Alexander’s army consisted of Macedonians who were a Greek tribe with blond hair and blue eyes. Many of Alexander’s men would take the local women as part of the spoils of war thus giving those peoples blond blue eyed children.

Majority of Arabs have brown eyes, People with blue eyes are more concentrated in Europe. Originally, people had brown eyes. Around 6,000 years ago a genetic mutation occurred changing the amount of melanin in the eye. This diluted eyes color from brown to blue.

Syria is the only significant crude oil producing country in the Eastern Mediterranean region, which includes Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. In 2010, Syria produced around 385,000 barrels (61,200 m3) per day of crude oil.

Syrians generally have olive skin, dark brown eyes, and black hair, but a wide variety of other physical characteristics exists as well: blond hair and pale skin; black hair and dark brown skin; blue eyes and brown hair; and even red hair and freckled, pinkish skin. The total population of Syria is nearly 19 million.

Iranians in Syria are residents of Iranian background or descent residing in Syria. Some of them are Syrian citizens while some are migrants or descendants born in Syria with Iranian ancestry.

The color comes from a brown pigment called melanin. Their eyes range from dark brown to light blue. In general, they have the lightest eye colors. Hazel, green, and blue eyes are common in Central and South America and some parts of the Middle East.

Lebanese families tend to be close-knit and loyal. In rural areas, it is customary for more than one generation to live in the same house. Cousins maintain as close relationships as brothers and sisters. Urban families usually are smaller than rural families.

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