Which countries border Syria?
Syria shares a land border with five countries: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. That is more than 98 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Syria and its neighbours on a map
Syria is shown in green and its five neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.
- Syria
- Land neighbours
Every neighbour of Syria
Two borders away
These ten countries border a neighbour of Syria but not Syria itself, so you cross exactly two borders to reach them by land.
Think you know your neighbours?
Border Chain gives you two countries and you connect them by naming neighbours, one border at a time. A new puzzle every day.
How far are you from Syria?
On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator shows the straight-line distance to the nearest country border from where you are.
Questions
Which countries border Syria?
Syria shares a land border with five countries: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
How many countries border Syria?
Five. That is more than 98 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Which countries are two borders away from Syria?
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Kuwait, Palestine and Saudi Arabia. Each one borders a neighbour of Syria without touching Syria itself.
Are borders across the sea counted?
No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Syria across water are not listed here, and neither are borders of overseas territories far from the mainland. This is the same list the Border Chain game plays with.
Countries with the most neighbours
Land borders as used by the Border Chain game, checked October 8, 2026. Country outlines from Natural Earth.