Arameans in Syria are persons residing in Syria who identify as Arameans (or Aramaeans), (Aramaic: ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ‎, ʼaramáyé), a Northwest Semitic people who originated in what is now present-day western, southern and central Syria (Biblical Aram) during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age.There are many prominent people in Syria who are of Aramean/Suryani descent. Arameans or Suryanis make up around 2% of Syria's population.