Syria
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic under a military regime
- CONSTITUTION
- March 13, 1973
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on a combination of French and Ottoman civil law, Islamic law is used in family matters
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, People's Council (Majlis al-Shaab)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Supreme Court, judges appointed for four years by the president; High Judicial Council; Court of Cassation; State Security Court
RELIGIONS
74% Sunni Muslims; 16% other Muslims, 10% Christians; Jewish minorities
From the country
- OCTOBER 25, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Two Iraqi nationals were charged in Jordan with premeditated...
Two Iraqi nationals were charged in Jordan with premeditated murder of a Kuwaiti student in August, the semiofficial Jordan Times newspaper reported
- APRIL 25, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Syria voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001 (2001/68)
- APRIL 8, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Syrian parliament, Abdallah...
The Deputy Speaker of the Syrian parliament, Abdallah Musilli, said a special official committee was formed several years ago to examine the subject of death sentences "and it concluded that capital punishment in Syria is confined to some crimes of a sava
- APRIL 6, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Human Rights Committee made recommendations to...
The Human Rights Committee made recommendations to Syria to reduce the number of offences punishable by the death penalty and that an independent commission of inquiry be established on allegations of extra-judicial executions and "disappearances" of Syri
- JANUARY 30, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to...
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to death in absentia in Lebanon after he was found guilty of murdering a woman, Salwat Asafiri, at her home in Beirut in 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, aggravated rape and offenses against...
Aggravated murder, aggravated rape and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In Syria the death penalty can be given for certain...
In Syria the death penalty can be given for certain crimes of homicide and for certain political acts such as bearing arms against Syria in the ranks of the enemy, desertion of the armed forces to the enemy and acts of incitement under martial law or in w
- DECEMBER 3, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over...
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over Ra'id Hijazi to Jordan
- JULY 9, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement issued by its Information Office, the...
In a statement issued by its Information Office, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood called for the release of all political prisoners, the halting of political pursuits, and the revocation of Law 49 of 1980, which imposes the death sentence against anyone who
- JULY 2, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed...
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed in Jiddah after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia
- JUNE 21, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Muslim Brotherhood movement in Syria expressed...
The Muslim Brotherhood movement in Syria expressed its readiness to deal with the new Syrian leadership
- JUNE 16, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A Lebanese military court put 29 alleged followers...
A Lebanese military court put 29 alleged followers of Saudi-exile Osama bin Laden on trial on charges of planning attacks on U