Urgent Help With Syntax Error

Hello everyone,

I am having trouble. When I try to use my theme I find this message

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in (…) of line 3

So i looked at the location where the line 3 was and i can’t find anything wrong here is the full code (the line was in sidebar.php)

<?php

<div class="clearfix" id="page">
   <div class="position_content" id="page_position_content">
    <div class="pinned-colelem" id="u1530"><!-- simple frame --></div>
    <div class="pinned-colelem" id="u1529"><!-- simple frame --></div>
<div class="clearfix colelem" id="pu1533-6"><!-- column -->
     <a class="nonblock nontext clearfix pinned-colelem" id="u1533-6" href="index.html"><!-- content --><p id="u1533-2">ANIMUS</p><p> id="u1533-4">PROJECT</p></a>
     <nav class="MenuBar clearfix pinned-colelem" id="menuu5542"><!-- vertical box -->
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5550"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5551" href="north-america.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5554-4"><!-- content --><p>NORTH AMERICA</p></div></a>
      </div>
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5613"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5614" href="south-america.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5615-4"><!-- content --><p>SOUTH AMERICA</p></div></a>
      </div>
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5620"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5621" href="europe.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5623-4"><!-- content --><p>EUROPE</p></div></a>
      </div>
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5627"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5628" href="africa.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5631-4"><!-- content --><p>AFRICA</p></div></a>
      </div>
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5634"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5637" href="asia.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5639-4"><!-- content --><p>ASIA</p></div></a>
      </div>
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5641"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5644" href="oceania.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5645-4"><!-- content --><p>OCEANIA</p></div></a>
      </div>
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5657"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5658" href="contact.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5660-4"><!-- content --><p>CONTACT US</p></div></a>
      </div>
      <div class="MenuItemContainer clearfix colelem" id="u5895"><!-- horizontal box -->
       <a class="nonblock nontext MenuItem MenuItemWithSubMenu clearfix grpelem" id="u5896" href="faq.html"><!-- horizontal box --><div class="MenuItemLabel clearfix grpelem" id="u5898-4"><!-- content --><p>FAQ/HELP</p></div></a>
      </div>
     </nav>
    </div>
    <div class="verticalspacer"></div>
   </div>
  </div>

<?php endif; ?>