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
- JANUARY 1, 2019SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
DECEMBER 18, 2018SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: DAMASCUS COURT PUTS 4 DEFENDANTS ON DEATH ROW
The Damascus Criminal Court has handed down death sentences to the head of Tahrir al-Sham Mohamed al-Sharaa, known by his alias Abu Muhammad al-Julani and Jaysh al-Islam group head Essam al-Buwaydhani, aawsat.com reported on 12 December 2018.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: 11 REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Assad regime sentenced 11 detainees and prisoners in Hama Central Prison to execution, Al Arabiya reported on 9 November 2018.
FEBRUARY 7, 2018SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: FIRST ‘STONING’ IN PUBLIC CARRIED OUT BY AN ARMY PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO THE ‘ISLAMIC STATE’ ORGANIZATION
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that an army pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization carried out the first stoning against a woman
- JANUARY 1, 2018SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
- AUGUST 2, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
- JUNE 4, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
ISIS executes 33, its largest mass killing of 2017
4 June 2017: the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) executed 33 people in eastern Syria on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group, in its biggest mass killing in 2017.
- MAY 20, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
“Stoning” an immigrant woman of the members of the ” ISIS ” organization east of Deir Ezzor
20 May 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the ” ISIS ” organization stoned one of its ” immigrant” women members of non-Arabic nationality in al-Mayadin
- MAY 18, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
“Islamic State” organization carries out the 5th “stoning” in Al-Mayadin city
18 May 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the “Islamic State” organization has stoned a married woman in the Municipal Square of Al-Mayadin
- MAY 15, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Consecutive “stoning” of a woman and 3 fighters from the Islamic State organization in al-Mayadin
15 May 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that 4 persons were stoned by the “Islamic State” organization in al-Mayadin city
- APRIL 8, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
IS, “stoning a young man” in al-Mayadin
8 April 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the “Islamic State” organization stoned a young man to death in the main street of al-Mayadin
- FEBRUARY 7, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ASSAD 'HANGS 13,000 AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE JAIL WHERE PRISONERS COUNT DISCARDED SLIPPERS TO KNOW HOW MANY HAVE DIED'
President Assad's regime has executed up to 13,000 people in mass hangings carried out in the basement of a notorious prison, a chilling new report claims.