Syria
Syria was a country in Asia on Earth.
Saladin was the Sultan of Syria and Egypt. (TV: "The Lion")
In 1957, archaeologist Edgar Nelson-Stanley discovered the Gorgon talisman in Syria. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)
In 2005, Colonel Robert Dalton of the British Army was stationed in Syria, but was pulled out on short notice to act as head of UNIT in Colonel Ross Brimmicombe-Wood's absence. America was involved in Syria as well, and during the ICIS coup, the Syrian occupation (and Iraq) were seen as the cause of a suicide bombing. (AUDIO: Time Heals, The Longest Night)
Some time before 2040, Xin Chun built dirty bombs for an al-Qa'ida cell in Syria. (PROSE: The Nuclear Option)