List of Syrian cheeses

This is a list of cheeses from the eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia known as the Levant. The region is strongly associated with the country of Syria, though each country in the Levant (Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel and Turkey) have their own special cheese.

Countries in the Levant share a long history of raising cattle to earn a livelihood. The farmers thought of inventing various types of cheese with the portion of cattle milk that remained in the farm. Along with providing an innovation in the diet of people, in a way that is as equally important, farmers invented more dairy products that could be sold. Cheese is now embedded in the cuisines of the Levant. There are several traditional varieties of cheese most commonly found throughout the region, including ackawi (from Akka), baladi (from baladi goats), jibneh arabieh (from Galilee and Negev Desert), jibneh mshallale (from Armenia), nabulsi (from Nablus), and surke (from Akkar and around Tartus).