Syria
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Aggravated murder, aggravated rape and offenses against...
- News items in the archive
- 150
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Syria is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 150 news items on Syria, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
FEBRUARY 1, 2016SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISIS TERRORISTS BEHEAD 14-YEAR-OLD BOY FOR 'MISSING FRIDAY PRAYERS' AND FORCE PARENTS TO WATCH
A 14-year-old boy was beheaded in a brutal execution by Islamic State militants because he missed Friday
JANUARY 8, 2016SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISIS EXTREMIST REPORTEDLY KILLS HIS MOTHER IN PUBLIC EXECUTION
A member of the Islamic State killed his mother in a public execution in Syria, it was reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2016SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
OCTOBER 26, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: TWO GAY MEN STONED TO DEATH BY ISIS MILITANTS AND SUPPORTERS
Islamic State (ISIS) militants and their supporters stoned to death two men accused of being gay in Aleppo, Syria over the weekend.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISIS EXECUTES 10 FOR BEING GAY
Islamic State militants executed nine men and a boy accused of being gay in Syria, a monitoring group has
- JULY 23, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: FAMED OPPONENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Syrian government has reportedly sentenced five leading opponents of the regime, including dissident intellectual Michel Kilo and Al-Jazeera journalist Faisal al-Qassem, to death in absentia.
- 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.
- AUGUST 23, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
the Saudi authorities executed a Syrian national in the northwestern city of Tabuk, after he was convicted of
the Saudi authorities executed a Syrian national in the northwestern city of Tabuk, after he was convicted of
- AUGUST 12, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER BEHEADED IN AL-JAWF REGION
- AUGUST 11, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: 25 PEOPLE EXTRA-JUDICIALLY EXECUTED BY ISIL
- JULY 20, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: TWO WOMEN STONED TO DEATH FOR 'ADULTERY' BY ISIS
In separate incidents in a span of 24 hours, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) carried out executions
JUNE 9, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD GRANTS AMNESTY AFTER RE-ELECTION
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announced a wide-ranging amnesty, less than a week after he was re-elected to another seven-year term.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: GIRL STONED TO DEATH FOR USING FACEBOOK
A girl was stoned to death in Syria for having a Facebook account. Fatoum Al-Jassem was executed by a
- JANUARY 1, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
In Syria, capital crimes are: treason; murder...
- DECEMBER 17, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian man convicted of smuggling drugs. Hasan Mahmud al-Bash was
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian man convicted of smuggling drugs. Hasan Mahmud al-Bash was
- DECEMBER 5, 2013SyriaDEATH PENALTY
a Sunni jihadist group convicted and sentenced Syrian artist Khalil Hem-Sourek to death in absentia,
a Sunni jihadist group convicted and sentenced Syrian artist Khalil Hem-Sourek to death in absentia,
JULY 2, 2013SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: VATICAN CONFIRMS CATHOLIC PRIEST WAS KILLED BY ISLAMIST
A Syrian Roman Catholic priest, Father Francois Murad, was killed on June 23 in northern Syria
- JUNE 17, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi executioner beheaded a Syrian in the northern province of Jawf, after he was convicted of
a Saudi executioner beheaded a Syrian in the northern province of Jawf, after he was convicted of
- JUNE 11, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian man convicted of trying to smuggle narcotics into the kingdom, the interior ministry said. Hussam Al Rjoob had attempted to “smuggle a large amount of narcotic tablets,” the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state