Corruption in Ba'athist Syria

Political corruption
Forms and concepts
Abuse of power Bribery Censorship Banned politics Political repression Political violence Cronyism Economics of corruption Election interference Electoral fraud Elite capture Influence peddling Insider trading Iron triangle Judicial Kleptocracy In local government Mafia state Malfeasance Misfeasance Nepotism Politically exposed person Pyrrhic defeat theory Revolving door Political scandal Slush fund Simony Suspicious activity report State capture State-corporate crime Throffer
Anti-corruption
International Anti-Corruption Court Group of States Against Corruption International Anti-Corruption Academy International Anti-Corruption Day United Nations Convention against Corruption
Corruption by country
Africa Algeria Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Morocco Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Asia Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Palestine Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Europe Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom North America Canada Mexico United States Central America Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Nicaragua South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Oceania Australia Fiji Micronesia New Zealand Papua New Guinea
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Corruption in Ba'athist Syria was pervasive and systemic, and was characterized by corruption patterns of one-party states, wherein Ba'ath party officials and Assad family loyalists extensively abused their political powers for private and sectarian gains in the country of Syria.

Several researchers and journalists have identified the pervasive corruption in the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and allied Ba'athist militias as one of the major reasons for the rapid collapse of the Assad regime during the Syrian revolutionary offensives in 2024.^[1][2][3]