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The Syrian Arabs of United States

The Syrian Arabs of United States, numbering approximately 196,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Levantine Arab diaspora shaped by early migration from Ottoman Syria, renewed immigration after 1965, and refugee arrivals during the Syrian civil war. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Levantine Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Syrian Arab

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Levantine Arabic (apc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 196,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043644
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Pray for the Syrian Arabs of United States

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

57%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Levantine Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Levantine Speakers

Media Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
Sabeel Media ✓ ✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Levantine Arabic bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Syrian Arabs are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Syrian Arabs:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Syrian Arabs of United States

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
readMatthew 25:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will honor Jesus and find joy as they take care of those in need.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Arab, Syrian Across Countries (ROP3 - 109662) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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19 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Syrian Arabs PG016393 Syrian Arabs Martinique 550 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG016350 Syrian Arabs Guadeloupe 900 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG011682 Syrian Arabs France 18,500 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG043482 Syrian Arabs Canada 68,500 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG049967 Syrian Arabs Greece 75,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG050027 Syrian Arabs Netherlands 94,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042850 Syrian Arabs Sudan 131,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042758 Syrian Arabs Kuwait 161,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG043644 Syrian Arabs United States 196,000 No Longer Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG050211 Syrian Arabs Sweden 211,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042794 Syrian Arabs Qatar 266,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG011694 Syrian Arabs Iraq 293,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042886 Syrian Arabs United Arab Emirates 303,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042761 Syrian Arabs Lebanon 489,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042455 Syrian Arabs Germany 584,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042801 Syrian Arabs Saudi Arabia 818,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042752 Syrian Arabs Jordan 1,320,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG049340 Syrian Arabs Turkiye 3,905,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Sunni Arabs PG012198 Syrian Sunni Arabs Syria 15,680,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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