Ministry of Interior (Syria)
The Ministry of Interior is a cabinet ministry of Syria, responsible for internal affairs. Its headquarters were located on Kafr Sousa in Damascus. According to the Ministry official website, its tasks are limited to the protection and enforcement of security.
The former headquarters of the Ministry of Interior was located at the Grand Serail which was established in 1900 near Marjeh Square. The building was transferred to the Ministry of Tourism in 2011 for use as a hotel.
Organization
The Ministry of Interior is divided into several Directorates:- General Security Service
- General Intelligence Service
- Criminal Investigations Department
- Syrian Special Missions Directorate
- Anti-Narcotics Directorate
- Desert Security Forces
- Immigration and Passport Directorate
- Tourist Police Department
Ministers of Interior
- Rashid Talaa
- Reda Al Solh '
- vacant
- Reda Al Solh '
- Ata Bey al-Ayyubi '
- Mustafa Nemat
- Nasri Bakhash
- Husni al-Barazi '
- Wathiq Moayad al-Azm
- Raouf Al Ayoubi
- Said Mahasin
- Badie Moayad al-Azm
- Haqqi al-Azm
- Taj al-Din al-Hasani
- Ata Bey al-Ayyubi '
- Saadallah al-Jabiri
- Nasuhi al-Bukhari
- Khalid al-Azm
- Husni al-Barazi '
- Jamil al-Ulshi
- Ata Bey al-Ayyubi '
- Lutfi al-Haffar '
- Fares al-Khoury
- Sabri al-Asali '
- Lutfi al-Haffar '
- Sabri al-Asali '
- Jamil Mardam Bey
- Muhsin al-Barazi
- Sabri al-Asali '
- Adel al-Azma
- Husni al-Za'im
- Muhsin al-Barazi
- Rushdi al-Kikhya
- Ahmad Qanbar '
- Sami Kabbara '
- Rashad Barmada '
- Sami Kabbara '
- Rashad Barmada '
- Ahmad Qanbar '
- Fawzi Selu
- Nuri al-Aybash
- Ali Bozo '
- Ismail Quly
- Ahmad Qanbar '
- Sabri al-Asali '
- Abdul-Hasib Arslan
- Ali Bozo '
- Ahmad Qanbar '
- Sabri al-Asali '
- Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj
- Adnan al-Quwatli
- Abdul-Salam al-Tarmanini
- Ahmad Qanbar
- Abdel Halim Qaddur
- Aziz Abdul Karim
- Amin al-Hafiz
- Nureddin al-Atassi
- Mohamed Fahmy Achouri
- Abd al-Karim al-Jundi
- Mohammed Khair Badawi
- Mohammed Eid Achaoui
- Mohamed Fahmy Achouri
- Mohammed Eid Achaoui
- Mohammed Rabah Al-Tawil
- Abdul Rahman Khleifawi
- Ali Zaza
- Adnan Dabbagh
- Nasser al-Din Nasser
- Mohammad Ghobash
- Muhammad Harba
- Ali Hammoud
- Ghazi Kanaan
- Bassam Abdel Majeed
- Said Sammour
- Mohammad al-Shaar
- Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun
- Mohammad Abdul Rahman
- Ali Keda
- Anas Khattab