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
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE GROUP BEHEADS MAN FOR WITCHCRAFT
JANUARY 26, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISIS PUBLICLY BEHEADED A MAN FOR 'INSULTING ALLAH'
A man was beheaded for “insulting Allah” in a public square of the Syrian town of Al-Shadadi by Islamic
JANUARY 14, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: MILITANTS EXECUTE WOMAN FOR ‘ADULTERY’
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Al-Qaeda-linked militants had publicly executed a woman
- JANUARY 1, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
- DECEMBER 28, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE CRUCIFIES TWO CIVIL SERVANTS CONVICTED OF FRAUD
The Islamic State, which has established its 'caliphate' in large parts of Syria and Iraq, continues to escalate
DECEMBER 15, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADS FOUR MEN FOR BLASPHEMY
Islamic State's self-declared police force in western Syria decapitated 4 men after accusing them of
- DECEMBER 8, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ISIS BEHEADS MUSLIM MAN FOR BLASPHEMY
The Islamic State (ISIS) beheaded a man in northern Syria after accusing him of blasphemy, a militant
NOVEMBER 25, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISIS STONES 2 ‘GAY MEN’ TO DEATH
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group stoned two men to death in Syria after claiming they were
NOVEMBER 18, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian convicted of drug trafficking, official media said, bringing to 68 the number
- OCTOBER 21, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: JIHADISTS STONE MAN AND WOMAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a man and a woman were stoned to death for adultery in
- AUGUST 27, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: GOVERNMENT AND ISIS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES, SAYS UN
in a 45-page report issued in Geneva, UN investigators said the Syrian government and Islamic State (ISIS) insurgents were both committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.