List of diplomatic missions in Syria

Diplomatic relations between world states and Syria
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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Syria. At present, 51 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the Syria in the capital, Damascus.

Embassies in Damascus

  1. Algeria[1]
  2. Argentina[2][3]
  3. Armenia[4][5]
  4. Austria[6][7]
  5. Azerbaijan[8][9]
  6. Bahrain[10][11]
  7. Belarus[12]
  8. Brazil[13][14]
  9. Bulgaria[15]
  10. Chile[16]
  11.  China[17]
  12. Cuba[18]
  13. Cyprus[19]
  14. Czech Republic[20]
  15. Egypt[11]
  16. Eritrea[21]
  17. France[22][23]
  18. Germany[9][24]
  19. Greece[25][26]
  20. Holy See (details)
  21. Hungary[27][28]
  22. India[29][30]
  23. Indonesia[31][32]
  24. Iraq[11][33]
  25. Italy[11][9][34]
  26. Jordan[11][35]
  27.  Kuwait[36][37]
  28. Lebanon[38]
  29. Libya[39][40]
  30. Mauritania[41]
  31. Morocco[9][42]
  32. Nigeria[43]
  33. Oman[11][44]
  34. Pakistan[45][46]
  35. Palestine (details)
  36. Philippines (details)[47]
  37. Qatar[9]
  38. Romania[48]
  39. Russia[49]
  40. Saudi Arabia[11][50]
  41. Serbia[51]
  42. Somalia[52]
  43. South Africa[53]
  44. Spain[9][54][55]
  45. Sudan[56]
  46. Sweden[57]
  47. Tunisia[58][59]
  48. Turkey[9][60]
  49. United Arab Emirates[11][61]
  50. Venezuela [62]
  51. Yemen[63]

Embassies to open

Other missions/delegations to Syria in Damascus

  1. European Union (Delegation)[72]
  2.  Switzerland (Swiss humanitarian aid office)[73]

Consular missions

Damascus

  1.  Kazakhstan (Consulate-General)[74]

Aleppo

  1. Armenia (Consulate-General)[75]
  2. Turkey (Consulate-General)[76]

Closed missions

Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref.
Damascus Abkhazia Embassy 2024 [77]
Australia Embassy[a] 1999 [78]
 Belgium Embassy[b] 2012 [79][80]
 Canada Embassy[c] 2012
 Denmark Embassy[d] 2012
 Finland Embassy[e] 2013 [81]
Iran Embassy[f] 2024 [82][83]
 Malaysia Embassy[g] 2012 [84]
 Netherlands Embassy[h] 2012 [85][86]
North Korea Embassy 2024 [77][87]
 Slovakia Embassy[i] 2015 [88][89][90]
South Ossetia Embassy 2024 [77]
 Switzerland Embassy 2012 [91]
 United Kingdom Embassy 2012 [92][80]
Vietnam Embassy[f][j] 1990 [93]
Aleppo Iraq Consulate 1975 [94]

Non-resident embassies

Resident in Beirut, Lebanon

Resident in Cairo, Egypt

Resident in Kuwait City

Resident in Tehran, Iran

Resident in other cities

  1. Bangladesh (Amman)[114][115]
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Amman)[116]
  3. Equatorial Guinea (Riyadh)[117]
  4. Ethiopia (Abu Dhabi)[118]
  5. Portugal (Nicosia)[119]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Under the protecting power of Romania.
  2. ↑ Resident in Beirut, Lebanon
  3. ↑ Under the protecting power of Romania.
  4. ↑ Resident in Beirut, Lebanon
  5. ↑ Resident in Beirut, Lebanon
  6. 1 2 To be reopened.
  7. ↑ Resident in Beirut, Lebanon
  8. ↑ Resident in Beirut, Lebanon
  9. ↑ Resident in Beirut, Lebanon
  10. ↑ Resident in Tehran, Iran

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