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Public Security Police (Syria)
The Public Security Police (Arabic: شرطة الأمن العام) was the main police service of Ba'athist Syria. It was charged with maintaining law and order, protecting life and property and investigating crimes. It also performed other routine police functions, including traffic control.
The person who manages the police is the Director General, whose superior is the Minister of Interior through the Criminal Security Directorate. Special metropolitan police forces are in Damascus, Aleppo, and other major cities overseen directly by the Director General.
Alongside with other Directorates, the Ministry of Interior controls the Internal Security Forces, through the Criminal Security Directorate, which is organized into six separate divisions of police forces under a Director General: Administrative Police (Public Order Police), Emergency Police, Traffic police (whose official Day is on 4 May), Criminal Investigations, Human Trafficking Department, Electronic Criminal Branch and Riot police, as well as a fanfare and the Khan al-Asal Police Academy. The Internal Security Forces Day is on 29 May, the anniversary of French forces shelling the Parliament building in Damascus in 1945.
The internal security is partially separated from the police, the main internal security agencies of Interior Ministry are: Political Security Directorate and General Intelligence Directorate.
The Public Security Police collapsed in 2024 with the fall of the Assad regime and flight of Bashar al-Assad. The Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham brought its police force from Idlib to maintained order and security in the country. The new de facto rulers of Syria, Syrian Transitional Government, are making preparations to drastically reorganise Syria's police force.
At territorial level, the Syrian police is organized into Police Provincial Commands, each led by a major general, who is assisted by a brigadier general acting as a deputy. The Operations Department is directed by another Brigadier General. Districts are headed by Directors ranking from Colonel to Brigadier General, while subdistricts are led by junior officers.
As of October 2021, the Commander of Damascus region is Major General Hassan Jumaa. In 2021, commander of Rif Dimashq was Maj. Gen. Nizar Muhammad Hassan. Also, as of June 27, 2021 Brig. Gen. Dirar Dandel is the commander of Daraa Governorate and Maj. Gen. Deeb Marai Deeb commander of Aleppo Governorate.
In April 2024, new governorate police commanders were appointed. Maj. Gen. Bilal Mahmoud in Rif Dimashq, Maj. Gen. Hussein Jumaa in Hama, Brig. Gen. Yasser Abdel Rahman in Tartus, Brig. Gen. Qusay Tarraf in Deir ez-Zor, Brig. Gen. Abdul Qadir Sultan in Raqqa, and Brig. Gen. Hussein Al-Omar as assistant in Idlib. As of April 2024, Brig. Gen. Muhammad Yasser Shiha is the police commander of Al-Hasakah.
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Public Security Police (Syria)
The Public Security Police (Arabic: شرطة الأمن العام) was the main police service of Ba'athist Syria. It was charged with maintaining law and order, protecting life and property and investigating crimes. It also performed other routine police functions, including traffic control.
The person who manages the police is the Director General, whose superior is the Minister of Interior through the Criminal Security Directorate. Special metropolitan police forces are in Damascus, Aleppo, and other major cities overseen directly by the Director General.
Alongside with other Directorates, the Ministry of Interior controls the Internal Security Forces, through the Criminal Security Directorate, which is organized into six separate divisions of police forces under a Director General: Administrative Police (Public Order Police), Emergency Police, Traffic police (whose official Day is on 4 May), Criminal Investigations, Human Trafficking Department, Electronic Criminal Branch and Riot police, as well as a fanfare and the Khan al-Asal Police Academy. The Internal Security Forces Day is on 29 May, the anniversary of French forces shelling the Parliament building in Damascus in 1945.
The internal security is partially separated from the police, the main internal security agencies of Interior Ministry are: Political Security Directorate and General Intelligence Directorate.
The Public Security Police collapsed in 2024 with the fall of the Assad regime and flight of Bashar al-Assad. The Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham brought its police force from Idlib to maintained order and security in the country. The new de facto rulers of Syria, Syrian Transitional Government, are making preparations to drastically reorganise Syria's police force.
At territorial level, the Syrian police is organized into Police Provincial Commands, each led by a major general, who is assisted by a brigadier general acting as a deputy. The Operations Department is directed by another Brigadier General. Districts are headed by Directors ranking from Colonel to Brigadier General, while subdistricts are led by junior officers.
As of October 2021, the Commander of Damascus region is Major General Hassan Jumaa. In 2021, commander of Rif Dimashq was Maj. Gen. Nizar Muhammad Hassan. Also, as of June 27, 2021 Brig. Gen. Dirar Dandel is the commander of Daraa Governorate and Maj. Gen. Deeb Marai Deeb commander of Aleppo Governorate.
In April 2024, new governorate police commanders were appointed. Maj. Gen. Bilal Mahmoud in Rif Dimashq, Maj. Gen. Hussein Jumaa in Hama, Brig. Gen. Yasser Abdel Rahman in Tartus, Brig. Gen. Qusay Tarraf in Deir ez-Zor, Brig. Gen. Abdul Qadir Sultan in Raqqa, and Brig. Gen. Hussein Al-Omar as assistant in Idlib. As of April 2024, Brig. Gen. Muhammad Yasser Shiha is the police commander of Al-Hasakah.
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