List of diplomatic missions in Damascus

This is a list of the 51 resident embassies in Damascus. For other diplomatic missions in Syria, see list of diplomatic missions in Syria.

Embassies

Embassy Location Head of Mission (Ambassador/Chargé d'Affaires) Image Ref.
Algeria Algeria Abdulqader Qasmi al-Hussaini (Ambassador)
Argentina Argentina Status is unclear after the fall of the former regime; the embassy has remained open
Armenia Armenia Rouben Kharazian (Ambassador)
Austria Austria Farabi Street 7, Mezzeh Christoph Weidinger (Ambassador) [1]
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Elnur Shahhuseynov (Chargé d'Affaires)
Bahrain Bahrain Waheed Mubarak Sayyar (Ambassador)
Belarus Yuri Sluka (Ambassador) [2]
Brazil Brazil 10 Ahmad Al-Abed Street,

Shaban Building, West Mezzeh

 João Zanini (Chargé d’Affaires) [3]
Bulgaria Bulgaria Chavdar Mitev (Chargé d'Affaires)
 Chile vacant or not named but open
 China Shi Hongwei (Ambassador) [4]
Cuba Cuba Luis Mariano Fernández (Ambassador)
Cyprus Cyprus Michalis Hadjikyrou (Chargé d'Affaires)
Czech Republic Czech Republic Vítězslav Pivoňka (Ambassador)[5]
Egypt Egypt Osama Khader (Chargé d'Affaires)
Eritrea Eritrea not named
 France Jean-Baptiste Faivre (Chargé d'Affaires) [6][7]
Germany Germany Abdulmunem Al-Riad Street, Malki Clemens Hach (Chargé d'Affaires) [8]
Greece Greece Emmanuel Kakavelakis (Ambassador)[9]
Holy See Holy See (Vatican City) B.P. 2271, Malki, Place Ma'raket Ajnadin Claudio Gugerotti (Ambassador) [10]
Hungary Hungary Soós István Gyula (Chargé d'Affaires)
India India Renu Yadav (Chargé d'Affaires)
Indonesia Indonesia Lukman Hakim Siregar (Ambassador)
Iraq Iraq Abou Jaafar Al Mansour St Yassin Sharif Al-Hujaimi (Chargé d'Affaires) [11]
Italy Italy Ata al-Ayoubi Street 4 Stefano Ravagnan (Ambassador) [12]
Jordan Jordan Sufyan Suleiman Al-Qudah (Ambassador)
Lebanon Lebanon Henry Kastoun (Ambassador)
 Kuwait Abdulrahman Shehab Al-Shehab (Ambassador) [13]
Libya Libya Walid Ammar (Chargé d'Affaires)
Mauritania Mauritania Taleb Al-Mukhtar Muhammad Al-Mujtaba (Ambassador)
Morocco Morocco Abdullah Babah (Chargé d'Affaires)
Nigeria Nigeria Mohammed Ibrahim Yunusa (Chargé d'Affaires)
Oman Oman Turki bin Mahmoud al-Busaidi (Ambassador)
Pakistan Pakistan Muhammad Mughees Afzal (Chargé d'Affaires)
Palestine Palestine Samir Al-Rifai (Ambassador)
Philippines Philippines John G. Reyes (Chargé d'Affaires)
Qatar Qatar Khalifa Abdullah Al Mahmoud (Ambassador)
Romania Romania Radu-Nicolae Gîmbuțan (Chargé d'Affaires)
 Russia Evgeny Kozlov (Chargé d'Affaires)[14]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Jalaa Street Faisal Al-Mufjel (Ambassador) [15]
 Serbia vacant or not named but open
Somalia Somalia Abiib Muse (Ambassador)
South Africa South Africa Ashraf Yusuf Suliman (Ambassador)
Spain Spain 392 Makka Mukarrama St., East Mezzeh Francisco Javier Puga Llopis (Chargé d'Affaires) [16]
Sudan Sudan Ahmad Ibrahim Hassan (Chargé d'Affaires)
Tunisia Tunisia Muhammad Al-Madhabi (Ambassador)
Turkey Turkey Chare Ziad Ben Abi Soufian 56–58 Nuh Yilmaz (Ambassador) [17]
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Abu Romane, Mhdi Bin Barake Street 1 Hamad Rashid bin Alwan Al-Habsi (Ambassador) [18]
Venezuela Venezuela 03 Alkhansaa Str. Bldg., Mezzeh not clear after the fall of the former regime even though the embassy remained open [19]
Yemen Yemen Shafai Street, Bldg. No. 176, Mezzeh Mohammed Azzi Bakr (Chargé d'Affaires)

Other missions

Country/Territory/Organization Mission type Location Image Reference
European Union European Union Delegation Beirut, Amman and Brussels [20]
Switzerland Switzerland Humanitarian aid office

See also

References

  1. ↑ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "Österreichische Botschaft Damaskus". www.bmeia.gv.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  2. ↑ "Syria, Belarus to enhance relations following Embassy reopening". 2026-04-11. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  3. ↑ "The Embassy". Ministério das Relações Exteriores (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2025-08-20. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  4. ↑ "系统维护_中华人民共和国外交部". www.mfa.gov.cn. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  5. ↑ "Foreign Minister al-Shaibani welcomes Ambassador Pivoňka to the capital". 2026-04-07. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  6. ↑ "Jean-Baptiste Faivre". X (formerly Twitter). Archived from the original on 2025-05-27. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  7. ↑ "French Embassy in Damascus". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Syrian Arab Republic". German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  9. ↑ "Foreign Minister al-Shaibani welcomes Ambassador Kakavelakis to the capital". 2026-04-07. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  10. ↑ "Syria (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  11. ↑ "سفارة جمهورية العراق في دمشق – Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Damascus". mofa.gov.iq. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  12. ↑ "La Sede". Ambasciata d'Italia Damasco (in Italian). Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  13. ↑ Wilson (2026-03-31). "Amir Receives Newly Appointed Envoys for Oath Taking Ceremony". Times Kuwait. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
  14. ↑ "Diplomatic List".
  15. ↑ "The Royal Embassy of The Kindom of Saudi Arabia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  16. ↑ "Embajada de España en Siria". www.exteriores.gob.es (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  17. ↑ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Şam Büyükelçiliği - İletişim Bilgileri". sam-be.mfa.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  18. ↑ "UAE Embassy in Damascus". www.mofa.gov.ae. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  19. ↑ "Embavenez Siria" (in Spanish). Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela.
  20. ↑ "Delegation of the European Union to Syria | EEAS". www.eeas.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
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