There were protests at the planned attendance of Omar al-Aroub, a senior official in the Syrian sporting federation who had been alleged to have participated in torture and other crimes during the Syrian civil war, leading to his removal from the event.
Syria qualified one gymnast for the Olympics. Lais Najjar earned his spot through the allocation of universality quota, marking the nation's debut in these sports.
For the first time since 2016, Syria qualified one judoka for the Olympics. Hasan Bayan (men's 73 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.[7]
Syria entered one weightlifter for the Olympics. Man Asaad (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification rankings.
A campaign launched days before the start of the Olympics led to the withdrawal for the attendance of Omar al-Aroub[fr], the Vice President of Syria's General Sports Federation and President of the Syrian Paralympic Committee, after an investigation showed he had committed crimes including torture during his leadership of the National Union of Syrian Students (NUSS) between 2011 and 2013. Al-Aroub had been officially welcomed in Paris in 2023 by his role in the Paralympic Committee, but it was subsequently shown that he had been involved in the violent repression of protests in Aleppo in 2011 as second-in-command of the Ba'ath Brigades militia, leading to protests against his involvement at the Olympics.[8][9][10][11][12]
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