Departments and units

General Security Service

A security agency formed from the forces that took power in December 2024, operating under the Interior Ministry.

Also known as

  • GSS
  • General Security
  • al-Amn al-Aam

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Supported by independent sources

Reuters described the General Security Service in 2025 as a new agency made up of the former rebel fighters, overseen by the Interior Ministry. 1 In May 2025 the ministry announced the merger of the police and public security agencies into a single Internal Security Command in each governorate. 2

Supported by independent sources

Reuters and the UN Commission of Inquiry describe members of General Security, and armed men affiliated with the government, as involved in evicting Alawite residents in Damascus in 2025; the government denies that abuses took place. 1 3 Read the article

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Sources

  1. Press Minutes to leave: Syria’s Alawites evicted from private homes at gunpoint (by Amina Ismail) — Reuters, April 30, 2025
  2. Official record Interior Ministry creates a new structure (merger of police and public security into an Internal Security Command in each governorate) — SANA, May 24, 2025
  3. Official record Report A/HRC/61/62 (covering 8 December 2024 – 31 January 2026), including the government’s note verbale of 28 January 2026 — UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, March 12, 2026