- Capital: Damas
- Population: 21.324.367
- Surface: 185.180 km2
- Devise: la livre syrienne
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU
- Capital: Manama
- Population: 1.542.000
- Surface: 785 km2
- Devise: le dinar de Bahreïn (1 EUR=0,4266 BHD)
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: ACD, Ligue arabe, CCG, FMI, ONU