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 in the ranks of the enemy, desertion of the armed forces to the enemy and acts of incitement under martial law or in wartime; violent robberies; rape; verbal opposition to the government; and membership in the Muslim brotherhood.
Syria also applies the death penalty for drug trafficking whilst the punishment for possession of drugs is life imprisonment.
The minimum age for the imposition of the death penalty in Syria is 18 years. The maximum age was not defined in Syrian law, but there had never been a case of somebody condemned to death older than 60 years.
Official figures are not available, but according to Amnesty International at least two executions took place in Syria in 2004. No execution was recorded in 2005 while 2 were recorded in 2006 and at least 7 in 2007.
On December 18, 2007 Syria voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.