The National Security Bureau (), officially the National Security Bureau of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch (), was a Ba'ath Party bureau which coordinated the work of Syria's intelligence and security agencies and advised the General Secretary prior to the 2024 fall of the Assad regime. The last head of the National Security Bureau was Kifah Moulhem.
In the past, individual intelligence and security agencies had a significant degree of independence and generally reported directly to the president of Syria. Since 2023, the Bureau had been conducting a set of restructuring measures in the intelligence and security services, including merging some branches. The main goal of the changes was to amend the powers of intelligence and security services, remove them from some state institutions and develop coordination among the agencies.
Directors Portrait Name Tenure Took office Left office Duration 1 Abdul-Karim al-Jundi 27 March 1966 2 March 1969 † 2 Naji Jamil November 1970 March 1978 3 Ahmad Diyab 1979 1987 8 years 4 Abdul Rauf al-Kasm 1987 17 June 2000 13 years 5 Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan 21 June 2000 6 June 2005 6 Hisham Ikhtiyar 9 June 2005 18 July 2012 7 Ali Mamlouk 25 July 2012 9 July 2019 8 Mohammed Dib Zaitoun 9 July 2019 18 January 2024 9 Kifah Moulhem 18 January 2024 8 December 2024
Syrian intelligence agencies General Intelligence Directorate (Internal Branch – 251) Political Security Directorate Military Intelligence Directorate Air Force Intelligence Directorate
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