Political Security Directorate
The Political Security Directorate was an intelligence service of Ba'athist Syria. It was divided into an Internal Security Department and an External Security Department. Intelligence division was affiliated to the Ministry of Interior. Its activities involved the surveillance of the satellite parties of National Progressive Front and was active against the Syrian opposition. It monitors literature, print publications, political dissent, and all media outlets. This intelligence service was headed by Major General Ghaith Shafeeq Deeb from 5 February 2021 until December 2024.
Organization
The Political Intelligence Directorate was supervised by the Ministry of Interior. The PSD was also controlled by former President Bashar al-Assad through the National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Central Command. It was divided into two departments:- Internal Security Department
- * Investigative Branch
- * Operations Branch
- External Security Department
- * Arab Affairs Branch
- * Refugee Affairs Branch
- * Zionist and Jewish Affairs Branch
Directors
- Ahmad Sa'id Salih
- Adnan Badr Hassan
- Ghazi Kanaan
- Muhammad Mansoura
- Mohammed Dib Zaitoun
- Rustum Ghazali
- Nasser Muhammad Al-Ali
- Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun
- Hossam Louka
- Nasser Muhammad Al-Ali
- Ghaith Shafeeq Deeb
Regional Directors
- Rif Dimashq branch: Brig. Gen. Sameer al-Sheikh
- Aleppo branch: Brig. Gen. Akram Ali Muhammad
- Daraa branch: Brig. Gen. Atef Najib, the European Union sanctioned him on 9 May 2011 for "being responsible for the violence against protesters in Daraa during the Syrian uprising". He was replaced by Brig. Gen. Nasser al-Ali.
- Damascus branch: Brig. Gen. Riad al-Shahada