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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Sanctions targeting the country: United States (2 regimes, 175 listings), United Kingdom (1 regime, 352 listings), European Union (1 regime, 380 listings). UN, OFAC, FCDO, EU · 2026.10.07
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Recent institutional rupture: Chute Assad 8 décembre 2024 (offensive HTS).
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4.9 million refugees originating from the country. UNHCR 2025
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 10/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Crise
8.3 /10 risk
- Security 5.5
- Legitimacy 1.9
- Economy 0.5
- Diplomacy 1.6
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 48 people and 5 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regimes: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (46), Iraq (7).
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 349 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 269 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 150 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Damascus
- Population
- 25,620,000 inh.
- Area
- 185,180 km²
- Currency
- SYP
- Regime
- provisional government
Executive in office
Head of State
Ahmed el-Charaa
Government in office 19 members
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
Assaad el-Chaibani
ministre syrien de la Défense
Mourhaf Abou Kasra
ministre syrien de l’Intérieur
Mohammed Abdel Rahman
ministre de l'Économie et des Finances de Syrie
Bassel Abdel Hannan
ministre de la Justice de Syrie
Chadi el-Waïssi
Minister of Education of Syria
Nazir al-Qadri
Minister of Higher Education (Syria)
Abd el-Moneim Abd el-Hafez
Minister of Health of the Syrian Arab Republic
Maher el-Charaa
Minister of Administrative Development (Syria)
Fadi al-Qassem
Minister of Agriculture of the Syrian Arab Republic
Mohammed al-Ahmad
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Hussein el-Masri
Minister of Electricity (Syria)
Omar Shaqrouq
Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs
Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri
Minister of Information
Mohammed el-Omar
Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection
Maher Khalil al-Hasan
Minister of Local Administration and Environment (Syria)
Mohamed Muslim
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour (Syria)
Hind Kabawat
Minister of Water Resources
Osama Abu Zaid
head of the Syrian Women's Affairs Office
Aisha al-Debs
Parliament
Conseil du peuple
210 seats
Inception 1973
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
24 G$
GDP / capita
1,057 $
Growth
-0.2 %
Inflation
13.4 %
Unemployment
13.6 %
Life expectancy
72.6 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 3
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Status uncertainKhmeimim Air Base
Russian Federation · Lattaquié
Reduced presence, status renegotiated with Damascus since Bashar al-Assad's fall (December 2024).
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2
Status uncertain
Tartus naval facility
Russian Federation · Tartous
Russia's only naval facility in the Mediterranean; future uncertain since December 2024.
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Status uncertainNorthern Syria zones
Türkiye · Nord de la Syrie
Presence renegotiated with Damascus's new authorities since 2025.
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4
Closed or handed overRevolutionary Guards in Syria
Iran · Damas, Deir ez-Zor
Withdrawal after Bashar al-Assad's fall in December 2024.
Nuclear posture
Programme abandonné
Réacteur Al-Kibar détruit par Israël 2007
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.13/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
10/100
Corruption (CPI)
15/100
Press freedom (RSF)
39/100
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
2 Md$
Imports
4 Md$
Balance
-2 Md$
Top exports
- 34% Phosphate + huile d'olive
Top imports
- 24% Blé + riz
Import partners
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Turquie
21%
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Émirats arabes unis
13%
Sanctions US/UE. Transition post-Assad fin 2024.
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
13%
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GBR
13%
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FRA
17%
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DEU
17%
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RUS
86%
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CHN
80%
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IRN
80%
Abstention: 8%
Key treaties UN Treaty Collection · IAEA · ICRC · OPCW
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NPT
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CTBT
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TPNW
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Rome Statute
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Genocide
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Geneva
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Ottawa Mine Ban
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Oslo Cluster Munitions
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Arms Trade Treaty
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Paris Agreement
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Upcoming
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2026
Constitutionnelles (transition)
Réorganisation post-Assad
Last election
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2021-05-26
Présidentielle Assad (régime)
Bachar al-Assad 95% — fui décembre 2024
Last institutional rupture Chute Assad 8 décembre 2024 (offensive HTS)
Chute du régime décembre 2024.
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.564/1
Gini
26.4
Refugees hosted
9,885
Refugees originating
4,865,764
National anthem
Homat al Diyar
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- Arab League
- OIC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 5,262 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 4,660, or ×0.9.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2022 · UNHCR 2025 · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)