Ministry of Defense (Syria)

Ministry of Defense

وزارة الدفاع‎
Agency overview
Formed	1920; 105 years ago (1920)
Jurisdiction	Government of Syria
Headquarters	Mahdi Bin Baraka Street, Umayyad Square, Damascus 33°30′50.58″N 36°16′42.58″E / 33.5140500°N 36.2784944°E / 33.5140500; 36.2784944
Minister responsible	Murhaf Abu Qasra
Child agency	General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces
Website	www.mod.gov.sy

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The Ministry of Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع) is a government ministry office of Syria, responsible for defense affairs.^[1] Murhaf Abu Qasra, Minister of Defense holds the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces.^[2]

Following the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, caretaker prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir has said the defense ministry would be restructured using former rebel factions and officers who defected from the former Ba'athist armed forces.^[3]