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

According to the Ministry official website, its tasks are limited to the protection and enforcement of security.^[2]

The Ministry of Interior is divided into several Directorates:

• Political Security Directorate;
• Criminal Security Directorate;
• Anti-Narcotics Directorate;
• Medical Services Directorate.^[3]
• Directorate of Immigration and Passports

The Ministry of Interior also have a quick reaction force, the Syrian Special Mission Forces.

• Rashid Ṭaliʽa (30 September 1918 – 8 March 1920)
• Reda Al Solh (9 March 1920 – 3 May 1920) (1st tenure)
• vacant (3 May 1920 – 5 May 1920)
• Reda Al Solh (5 May 1920 – 25 July 1920) (2nd tenure)
• Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (25 July 1920 – 28 June 1922) (1st tenure)
• Mustafa Nemat (28 June 1922 – 21 December 1924)
• Nasri Bakhash (21 December 1924 – 21 December 1925)
• Husni al-Barazi (4 May 1926 – 12 June 1926) (1st tenure)
• Wathiq Moayad al-Azm (12 June 1926 – 2 December 1926)
• Raouf Al Ayoubi (2 December 1926 – 8 February 1928)
• Said Mahasin (15 February 1928 – 19 November 1931)
• Badie Moayad al-Azm (19 November 1931 – 11 June 1932) (Acting)
• Haqqi al-Azm (15 June 1932 – 17 March 1934)
• Taj al-Din al-Hasani (17 May 1934 – 23 February 1936)
• Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (23 February 1936 – 21 December 1936) (2nd tenure)
• Saadallah al-Jabiri (21 December 1936 – 18 February 1939)
• Nasuhi al-Bukhari (5 April 1939 – 8 July 1939)

• Khalid al-Azm (3 April 1941 – 12 September 1941)
• Husni al-Barazi (18 April 1942 – 8 January 1943) (2nd tenure)
• Jamil al-Ulshi (8 January 1943 – 25 March 1943)
• Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (25 March 1943 – 19 August 1936) (3rd tenure)
• Lutfi al-Haffar (19 August 1943 – 14 October 1944) (1st tenure)
• Fares al-Khoury (14 October 1944 – 14 March 1945)
• Sabri al-Asali (14 March 1945 – 23 August 1945) (1st tenure)
• Lutfi al-Haffar (26 August 1945 – 25 April 1946) (2nd tenure)
• Sabri al-Asali (25 April 1946 – 27 December 1946) (2nd tenure)
• Jamil Mardam Bey (28 December 1946 – 2 October 1947)
• Muhsin al-Barazi (6 October 1947 – 19 August 1948)
• Sabri al-Asali (23 August 1948 – 2 December 1948) (3rd tenure)
• Adel al-Azma (16 December 1948 – 29 March 1949)
• Husni al-Za'im (16 April 1949 – 26 June 1949)
• Muhsin al-Barazi (26 June 1949 – 14 August 1949)
• Rushdi al-Kikhya (14 August 1949 – 12 December 1949)
• Ahmad Qanbar (24 December 1949 – 27 December 1949) (1st tenure)
• Sami Kabbara (27 December 1949 – 4 June 1950) (1st tenure)
• Rashad Barmada (4 June 1950 – 27 March 1951) (1st tenure)
• Sami Kabbara (28 March 1951 – 8 August 1951) (2nd tenure)
• Rashad Barmada (9 August 1951 – 28 November 1951) (2nd tenure)
• Ahmad Qanbar (28 November 1951 – 1 December 1951) (2nd tenure)
• Fawzi Selu (9 June 1952 – 11 July 1953)
• Nuri al-Aybash (19 July 1953 – 1 March 1954)
• Ali Bozo (1 March 1954 – 19 June 1954) (1st tenure)
• Ismail Quly (19 June 1954 – 29 October 1954)
• Ahmad Qanbar (29 October 1954 – 13 February 1955) (3rd tenure)
• Sabri al-Asali (13 February 1955 – 13 September 1955) (4th tenure)
• Abdul-Hasib Arslan (13 September 1955 – 14 September 1955)
• Ali Bozo (14 September 1955 – 14 June 1956) (2nd tenure)
• Ahmad Qanbar (14 June 1956 – 31 December 1957) (4th tenure)
• Sabri al-Asali (31 December 1956 – 6 March 1958) (5th tenure)

• Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (6 March 1958 – 28 September 1961)
• Adnan al-Quwatli (29 September 1961 – 20 November 1961)
• Abdul-Salam al-Tarmanini (20 November 1961 – 22 December 1961)
• Ahmad Qanbar (22 December 1961 – 27 March 1962) (5th tenure)
• Abdel Halim Qaddur (16 April 1962 – 17 September 1962)
• Aziz Abdul Karim (17 September 1962 – 8 March 1963)

• Amin al-Hafiz (9 March 1963 – 4 August 1963)
• Nureddin al-Atassi (4 August 1963 – 14 May 1964)
• Mohamed Fahmy Achouri (14 May 1964 – 3 October 1964)
• Abd al-Karim al-Jundi (3 October 1964 – 24 December 1964)
• Mohammed Khair Badawi (24 December 1964 – 23 September 1965)
• Mohammed Eid Achaoui (23 September 1965 – 27 December 1965)
• Mohamed Fahmy Achouri (1 January 1966 – 23 February 1966)
• Mohammed Eid Achaoui (1 March 1966 – 28 October 1968)
• Mohammed Rabah Al-Tawil (28 October 1968 – 21 November 1970)
• 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 Nasser (14 January 1980 – 8 April 1985)
• Mohammad Ghobash (8 April 1985 – 11 January 1987)
• Muhammad Harba (11 January 1987 – 12 December 2001)^[4]
• Ali Hammoud (13 December 2001 – 7 October 2004)^[4]
• 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 – 26 November 2018)^[5]
• Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun (26 November 2018 – incumbent)

• Government of Syria
• Law enforcement in Syria