Syria is 8.9 times larger than Israel.
Area: 20,770 km2 World Factbook
Population: 7,821,850 (July 2014) World Factbook
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, situated in the region of Western Asia, on the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Wikipedia
Area: 185,180 km2 World Factbook
Population: 17,951,639 (July 2014) World Factbook
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. Wikipedia