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
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
APRIL 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO PALESTINIANS AND SYRIAN
in Lebanon, military investigation judge Fadi Sawan Sentenced two Palestinians
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: YEMEN HANDS DOWN DEATH TO SYRIAN
the Specialised Penal Court in Yemen, chaired by Judge Muhsen Alwan, sentenced Syrian national Omer Ahmed Omer Khanto, 45, to death for amphetamine smuggling.
- JANUARY 4, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Judge Hamoud Al-Mutawa of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced...
Judge Hamoud Al-Mutawa of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced...
- JANUARY 1, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: treason; murder; political acts such as bearing arms against Syria
Capital crimes are: treason; murder; political acts such as bearing arms against Syria
- OCTOBER 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK AGAINST THE ARMY
the Lebanese Justice system issued death sentences to seven members of the Fatah al-Islam group for a bloody attack against the Lebanese Army in August 2008, a legal source said.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY FOUNDED
the Palestinian newspaper al Quds al Arabi reported the founding and subsequent announcement by the
- OCTOBER 6, 2009SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. TWO PUBLIC HANGINGS IN ALEPPO IN SEPTEMBER
two men were hanged on September 3 in Aleppo, Syria, for armed robbery and murder, according to a foreign witness.
- JUNE 27, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-SYRIA: AL MOLKY EXPULSION, “THEY ARE SENDING ME TO MY DEATH”
Maged Al Molky, the captain of the Palestinian commandos that hijacked the Achille Lauro in 1985 and killed an American citizen, was expelled from Italy and sent to Syria where he risks being sentenced to death.
MARCH 31, 2009SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING DIPLOMAT
a court in Damascus, Syria, sentenced three men to death after finding them guilty of murdering a "senior diplomat" from an unidentified country's embassy, a Syrian newspaper reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2009SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: treason; murder; political acts such as bearing arms against Syria
Capital crimes are: treason; murder; political acts such as bearing arms against Syria
- DECEMBER 23, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
an Egyptian court sentenced three Syrian men to death by hanging for trafficking heroin and opium
an Egyptian court sentenced three Syrian men to death by hanging for trafficking heroin and opium