List of diplomatic missions in Syria

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Syria .

Diplomatic missions

Embassies in Damascus

•   Afghanistan
•   Algeria
•   Argentina ^[1]
•   Armenia ^[2]
•   Austria ^[3]
•   Bahrain ^[4]
•   Brazil ^[5]
•   Bulgaria ^[6]
•   Chile ^[7]
•   China ^[8]
•   Cuba ^[9]
•   Cyprus ^[10]
•   Czechia
•   Egypt ^[4]
•   Eritrea
•   France ^{[11] [12]}
•   Greece ^[13]
•   Holy See (details)
•   Hungary ^[14]
•   India ^[15]
•   Indonesia
•   Iraq ^{[16] [17] [4]}
•   Italy ^[4]
•   Japan
•   Jordan ^[4]
•   Lebanon
•   Libya
•   Mauritania
•   Nigeria
•   Oman ^{[18] [4]}
•   Pakistan ^[19]
•   Palestine (details)
•   Philippines (details)
•   Qatar ^[20]
•   Romania ^[21]
•   Russia (details)
•   Saudi Arabia ^{[22] [23] [4]}
•   Serbia ^[24]
•   Somalia
•   South Africa
•   Sudan
•   Sweden ^[25]
•   Tunisia ^[26]
•   Turkey ^[27]
•   United Arab Emirates ^[4]
•   Venezuela
•   Yemen ^[28]

Other missions or delegations

•   European Union (Delegation) ^[29]
•   Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (General Delegation)
•    Switzerland (Swiss humanitarian aid office) ^[30]

Consulates-General/Consulates

Aleppo

•   Armenia
•   Russia ^[31]

Damascus

•   Kazakhstan ^[32]

Embassies to reopen

•   Azerbaijan
•   Spain ^[33]
•   Iran ^[34]
•   Morocco ^[35]
•   Kuwait
•   Malaysia
•   Netherlands

Closed missions

Sending country	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Australia	Embassy	1999	[36]
Azerbaijan	Embassy	2012
Belgium	Embassy	2012	[37] [38]
Canada	Embassy	2012
Denmark	Embassy	2012
European Union	Delegation	2012	[39]
Finland	Embassy	2013	[40]
Germany	Embassy	2012	[41]
Japan	Embassy	2012	[42]
Malaysia	Embassy	2012	[43]
Morocco	Embassy	2012	[44]
Netherlands	Embassy	2012	[45] [46]
Poland	Embassy	2012	[47]
Slovakia	Embassy	2012, 2015	[48] [49] [50]
Switzerland	Embassy	2012	[51]
United Kingdom	Embassy	2012	[52] [38]
United States	Embassy	2012	[53]
Vietnam	Embassy	1990	[54]

Post-Assad

The following missions have either closed or diplomatic personnel have been withdrawn following the fall of the al-Assad regime on 8 December 2024:

•   Abkhazia (Withdrawn 15 December 2024) ^[55]
•   Belarus ^{[56] [57]} (Withdrawn 15 December 2024) ^{[58] [55]}
•   Iran (Evacuated 8 December 2024) ^[59]
•   North Korea (Withdrawn 15 December 2024) ^{[55] [60]}
•   South Ossetia (Withdrawn 15 December 2024) ^[55]

States with no relations

•   South Korea
•   Israel

Non-resident embassies

Resident in Beirut, Lebanon

•   Armenia ^[61]
•   Belgium
•   Brazil ^[62]
•   Canada
•   Czechia ^[63]
•   Denmark
•   European Union (Delegation) ^[64]
•   Finland
•   France
•   Germany
•   Hungary ^[65]
•   Japan ^[66]
•   Malaysia
•   Netherlands
•   Paraguay
•   Poland
•   Slovakia ^[67]
•   Sri Lanka
•   Uruguay

Resident in Cairo, Egypt

•   Bangladesh
•   Cambodia
•   Cameroon ^[68]
•   Comoros
•   Ecuador
•   Ireland
•   Mali
•   Mongolia
•   Myanmar
•   Senegal
•   Singapore
•   Tanzania ^[69]
•   Zimbabwe

Resident in Kuwait City, Kuwait

•   Guyana
•   Laos

Resident in Tehran, Iran

•   Brunei
•   Kyrgyzstan
•   Nicaragua ^{[70] [71]}
•   Tajikistan
•   Uzbekistan

Resident elsewhere

•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (Amman) ^[72]
•   Equatorial Guinea (Riyadh) ^[73]
•   Norway (Amman)

See also

• Foreign relations of Syria
• List of diplomatic missions of Syria
• Visa policy of Syria

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