Ua piʻi ka helu o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma Suria i ka 12% i ka makahiki i hala mai nā pae 2008, me ka helu ʻana o nā Arab no ka nui o nā malihini, hōʻike nā helu aupuni.
ʻO Suria, kahi i loaʻa i nā wahi koʻikoʻi o ka wā kahiko, me ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Palymra, ua loaʻa iā ia ma kahi o ʻeono miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi, me 1.1 miliona Syrian expatriates a me 3.6 miliona Arabs, i ka makahiki 2009, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mokuʻāina.
Manaʻo ke aupuni i nā haole e komo ana he mākaʻikaʻi, he hana i ʻāhewa ʻia e ka poʻe loea ʻoihana e alakaʻi hewa ana.
Aia ʻo Suria ma lalo o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana o ʻAmelika mai ka makahiki 2004 no kāna kākoʻo ʻana i nā pūʻulu koa, akā ua maikaʻi ka pilina me ke Komohana a ke ʻimi nei ʻo Wakinekona i kahi rapprochement.
Ua hana ka Baath Party i nā hana e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka hoʻokele aupuni a pāpā ʻia i nā ʻoihana pilikino.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kūkulu ʻia nā hōkele hou, ʻo ia hoʻi ma Damaseko a me ʻAleppo, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o lākou i ka maikaʻi o ka honua ma mua o Lebanona a me Ioredane, kahi i hāʻawi i nā kumuwaiwai hou aʻe i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kā lākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
