- Capital: Damas
- Population: 16.906.283
- Surface: 185.180 km2
- Devise: la livre syrienne
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU
- Capital: Bagdad
- Population: 38.433.600
- Surface: 435.052 km2
- Devise: le dinar iraquien
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU, OPEP