- Capital: Damas
- Population: 23.594.623
- Surface: 185.180 km2
- Devise: la livre syrienne
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU
- Capital: Bagdad
- Population: 45.074.049
- Surface: 435.050 km2
- Devise: le dinar iraquien
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU, OPEP