List of diplomatic missions in Syria

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Syria.

Diplomatic missions in Damascus

Embassies

•  Afghanistan
•  Algeria
•  Argentina^[1]
•  Armenia^[2][3]
•  Austria^[4]
•  Bahrain^[5]
•  Bulgaria^[6]
•  Chile^[7]
•  China^[8]
•  Cuba^[9]
•  Cyprus^[6][10]
•  Czechia^[6]
•  Egypt^[5]
•  Eritrea
•  France^[11][12]
•  Greece^[6][13]
•  Holy See (details)
•  Hungary^[6][14][15]
•  India^[16]
•  Indonesia
•  Iraq^[5]
•  Italy^[5][6]
•  Japan
•  Jordan^[5]
•  Lebanon
•  Libya
•  Mauritania
•  Nigeria
•  Oman^[17][5]
•  Pakistan^[18]
•  Palestine (details)
•  Philippines (details)
•  Qatar^[19]
•  Romania^[6][20]
•  Russia (details)
•  Saudi Arabia^[21][5]
•  Serbia^[22]
•  Somalia^[23]
•  Spain^[24]
•  South Africa
•  Sudan
•  Sweden^[25]
•  Tunisia^[26]
•  Turkey^[19]
•  United Arab Emirates^[5]
•  Venezuela
•  Yemen^[27]

Other missions or delegations

•  European Union (Delegation)^[28]
•  Sahrawi Republic (General Delegation)
•   Switzerland (Swiss humanitarian aid office)^[29]

Consular missions

Damascus

•  Kazakhstan (Consulate-General)^[30]

Aleppo

•  Armenia (Consulate-General)^[3]
•  Russia (Consulate-General)^[31]

Closed missions

Host city	Sending country	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Damascus	Abkhazia	Embassy	2024	[32]
	Australia	Embassy	1999	[33]
	Azerbaijan	Embassy[a]	2012	[34]
	Belarus	Embassy	2024	[32][35][36]
	Belgium	Embassy	2012	[37][38]
	Brazil	Embassy	2024	[39]
	Canada	Embassy	2012
	Denmark	Embassy	2012
	Finland	Embassy	2013	[40]
	Germany	Embassy	2012	[41]
	Iran	Embassy	2024	[42]
	Japan	Embassy	2012	[43]
	Malaysia	Embassy	2012	[44]
	Morocco	Embassy	2012	[45]
	Netherlands	Embassy	2012	[46][47]
	North Korea	Embassy	2024	[32][48]
	Poland	Embassy	2012	[49]
	Slovakia	Embassy	2015	[50][51][52]
	South Ossetia	Embassy	2024	[32]
	Switzerland	Embassy	2012	[53]
	United Kingdom	Embassy	2012	[54][38]
	United States	Embassy	2012	[55]
	Vietnam	Embassy	1990	[56]
Aleppo	Iraq	Consulate	1975	[57]
	Turkey	Consulate-General[b]	2012	[58][59]

Non-resident embassies

Resident in Amman, Jordan

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina^[60]
•  Norway

Resident in Beirut, Lebanon

•  Belgium
•  Brazil^[39]
•  Canada
•  Denmark
•  Finland^[61]
•  France
•  Germany
•  Japan^[62]
•  Malaysia
•  Netherlands
•  Paraguay
•  Poland
•  Slovakia^[63]
•  Sri Lanka^[64]
•  Uruguay

Resident in Cairo, Egypt

•  Bangladesh
•  Cambodia
•  Cameroon^[65]
•  Comoros
•  Ecuador
•  Ireland
•  Mali
•  Mongolia
•  Myanmar
•  Senegal
•  Singapore
•  Tanzania^[66]
•  Zimbabwe

Resident in Kuwait City, Kuwait

•  Guyana
•  Laos

Resident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

•  Equatorial Guinea^[67]

Resident in Tehran, Iran

•  Brunei
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Nicaragua^[68][69]
•  Tajikistan
•  Uzbekistan
•  Vietnam^[56]

See also

• Foreign relations of Syria
• List of diplomatic missions of Syria
• Visa policy of Syria

Notes

1. To be reopened.
2. To be reopened

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