Ministry of Interior (Syria)

Ministry of Interior وزارة الداخلية
Current minister	Mohammad al-Shaar
Headquarters	Merjeh Square, Damascus
Website	http://syriamoi.gov.sy

The Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية) is the interior ministry of Syria. Its headquarters are on Merjeh Square in Damascus.^[1]

Ministers of Interior

Abdul Rahman Khalafawi (21 November 1970 – 4 March 1971)
Ali Zaza (4 March 1971 – 8 July 1976)
Adnan Dabbagh (8 July 1976 – 14 January 1980)
Nasser al-Din Nasir (14 January 1980 – 8 April 1985)
Mohammad Ghobash (8 April 1985 – 11 January 1987)
Muhammad Harba (11 January 1987 – 12 December 2001)^[2]
Ali Hammoud (13 December 2001 – 7 October 2004)^[2]
Ghazi Kanaan (7 October 2004 – 12 October 2005)
Bassam Abdel Majeed (12 February 2006 – 23 April 2009)
Said Sammour (23 April 2009 – 14 April 2011)
Mohammad al-Shaar (14 April 2011 – incumbent)^[3]

↑ Simon Collis (9 February 2012). "Why you shouldn't question what you know is true". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
1 2 Gambil, Gary (Feb 2002). "The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 4 (2). Retrieved 8 June 2011.
↑ "Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime". CNN.com. Retrieved 2013-09-17.

Syrian security forces

Military	Ministry of Defense Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Syrian Navy Syrian Arab Air Force Syrian Air Defense Force

Law enforcement	Ministry of Interior

Intelligence	National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region coordinates Air Force Intelligence Directorate General Security Directorate Political Security Directorate Military Intelligence Directorate

Paramilitary/militia	Shabiha National Defence Forces Jaysh al-Sha'bi Popular Committees

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