General Organization of Remote Sensing ( ar, الهيئة العامة للإستشعار عن بعد, link=yes), (GORS) is a

Syrian Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indig ...

space research agency established in 1986. Headquartered in Damascus, GORS is responsible for carrying out

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and land surveying using

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techniques. In 2018, the agency assisted the

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

of the

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in assessing the impacts of its irrigation projects on the production of crops such as wheat and barley in Syria.

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* Space agencies Government agencies established in 1986 Government of Syria Science and technology in Syria {{syria-gov-stub

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