National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region

National Security Bureau
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
Headquarters	Damascus, Syria
Agency executives	Ahmad Diyab (2016–present), Director Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh (2012–present), Deputy director^[1]

The National Security Bureau, officially the National Security Bureau of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch, is a Ba'ath Party bureau which coordinates the work of Syria's intelligence agencies and advises the Regional Secretary. The individual intelligence agencies, however, in practice have a significant degree of independence and generally report directly to the president.^[1] The current head of the National Security Bureau is Ahmad Diyab.

Heads

Abd al-Karim al-Jundi (September 1966 – 2 March 1969)
Naji Jamil (November 1970 – March 1978)
Ahmad Diyab (1979–1987)
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (1987 – 17 June 2000)
Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan (21 June 2000 – 6 June 2005)
Hisham Ikhtiyar (9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012)
Ali Mamlouk (25 July 2012 – 7 June 2016)
Ahmad Diyab (7 June 2016 – present)^[1]

Syrian intelligence agencies

References

1 2 3 "Bashar al-Assad's inner circle". BBC News. 12 August 2012.

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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