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National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
Syrian intelligence agency
Syrian intelligence agency
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| agency_name | National Security Bureau |
| nativename_a | مكتب الأمن الوطني |
| image | Emblem of Syria (1980–2024).svg |
| formed | 27 March 1966 |
| dissolved | 8 December 2024 (de facto) |
| 29 January 2025 (de jure) | |
| superseding | General Intelligence Service |
| jurisdiction | General Secretary of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch |
| headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
| chief1_name | Kifah Moulhem |
| chief1_position | Director |
| chief2_name | Abdul Fattah Qudsiyeh |
| chief2_position | Deputy Director |
| parent_agency | Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| child1_agency |
29 January 2025 (de jure)
- Intelligence and security agencies
- General Intelligence Directorate (Internal Branch – 251)
- Political Security Directorate
- Military Intelligence Directorate
- Air Force Intelligence Directorate
The National Security Bureau (), officially the National Security Bureau of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch (), was a Ba'ath Party bureau which coordinated the work of Syria's intelligence and security agencies and advised the General Secretary prior to the 2024 fall of the Assad regime. The last head of the National Security Bureau was Kifah Moulhem.
In the past, individual intelligence and security agencies had a significant degree of independence and generally reported directly to the president of Syria. Since 2023, the Bureau had been conducting a set of restructuring measures in the intelligence and security services, including merging some branches. The main goal of the changes was to amend the powers of intelligence and security services, remove them from some state institutions and develop coordination among the agencies.
Directors
| No. | Portrait | Name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Took office | Left office | Duration | 1 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 2 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 3 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 4 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 5 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 6 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 7 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 8 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | 9 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region}}" | |||||||||
| [[File:Abd al-Karim Jundi.jpg | 60px]] | Abdul-Karim al-Jundi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| عبد الكريم الجندي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1932–1969) | 27 March 1966 | 2 March 1969 † | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:العماد1 copy.jpg | 60px]] | Naji Jamil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ناجي جميل | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1932–2014) | November 1970 | March 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ahmad Diyab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| أحمد دياب | 1979 | 1987 | 8 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Abdul Rauf al-Kasm 1981.png | 60px]] | Abdul Rauf al-Kasm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| عبد الرؤوف الكسم | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1932–2025) | 1987 | 17 June 2000 | 13 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| محمد سعيد بخيتان | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1945–2022) | 21 June 2000 | 6 June 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hisham Ikhtiyar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| هشام اختيار | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1941–2012) | 9 June 2005 | 18 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Mamlouk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| علي مملوك | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1946) | 25 July 2012 | 9 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammed Dib Zaitoun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| محمد ديب زيتون | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1951) | 9 July 2019 | 18 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kifah Moulhem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| كفاح ملحم | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1961) | 18 January 2024 | 8 December 2024 |
Syrian intelligence agencies
- General Intelligence Directorate (Internal Branch – 251)
- Political Security Directorate
- Military Intelligence Directorate
- Air Force Intelligence Directorate
References
References
- "تعيين الشرع رئيسا لسوريا في المرحلة الانتقالية".
- Ibrahim Hamidi. (24 January 2024). "Is al-Assad about to have his very own 'Sadat Moment'?". Al Majalla.
- (12 August 2012). "Bashar al-Assad's inner circle". BBC News.
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- (2009). "The A to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence". Scarecrow Press.
- Andrew Rathmell. (1 November 1996). "Syria's Intelligence Services: Origins and Development". Journal of Conflict Studies.
- Paul Khalifeh. (17 July 2019). "Syria war: Why did Assad restructure the military-security apparatus?". Middle East Eye.
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