Syrian National Police

The Syrian National Police (Arabic: الشرطة الوطنية السورية ash-shurṭah al-waṭanīyah as-sūrīyah) is a law enforcement agency of the Syrian Arab Republic, one of the 20 republics of the Arab Union. It answers to the Syrian Ministry of Interior. The Syrian National Police is responsible for policing on the republican-level, and is not a territorial police force (the police assigned to specific municipalities); it mostly provides traffic patrol for highways and intercity roads, assistance to territorial police forces handling serious cases, and security for the government of Syria. Crimes which take place across more than one police district automatically come under Syrian National Police jurisdiction.

The Syrian National Police is the largest police force in Syria, with 41,770 sworn officers. It is headquartered in Central Damascus.