Syria: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 68
- Consulates
- 10
- missions abroad
- 62
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 25
Live & travel in Syria
Monthly budget
$900/mo
Prices vs USA: 20%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 121.75 SYP
Internet access
34%
of people online
Air quality
32.1
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Arabic
Emergency
113 · 110 · 112
Plug types
Type L, Europlug, Type E
Calling code
+963
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Oct 22, 2026
2.8
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.9
- Safety2.8
- Internet access1.0
- Air quality2.0
- Climate3.4
SOS · Syria113Restaurants, cafés and dishes in SyriaBakdash · Bawabet Dimashq · Muhammara · Kibbeh · Tabbouleh · Markook · Qatayef
Government consensus
Do not travel· 3 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Cities in Syria
Traveller essentials · Syria
- Emergency
- 113 · 110 · 112
- Calling code
- +963
- Currency
- SYP
- Plug types
- L, Europlug, E
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Damascus
- Time zone
- Asia/Damascus
Foreign missions in Syria
AlgeriaDamascus1ArgentinaDamascus1ArmeniaDamascus1AustriaDamascus1AzerbaijanDamascus1BelarusDamascus1BelgiumDamascus2BrazilDamascus1CanadaDamascus, Aleppo2ChileDamascus1ChinaDamascus1CubaDamascus1CzechiaDamascus1EgyptDamascus1FinlandDamascus1FranceDamascus1GermanyDamascus1GreeceDamascus1IndiaDamascus1IndonesiaDamascus, Aleppo2IranDamascus2IraqDamascus2ItalyDamascus1JapanDamascus1JordanDamascus1KuwaitDamascus1LebanonDamascus1MalaysiaDamascus1MoroccoDamascus1NetherlandsDamascus1North KoreaDamascus1NorwayDamascus1OmanDamascus1PalestineDamascus1PanamaDamascus1PhilippinesDamascus1PolandBeirut, Damascus2PortugalDamascus1QatarDamascus1RomaniaDamascus1RussiaDamascus, Aleppo2Saudi ArabiaDamascus2SenegalDamascus1SerbiaDamascus1South AfricaDamascus1SpainDamascus1SwedenDamascus1SwitzerlandDamascus1ThailandDamascus1TürkiyeDamascus, Aleppo2UkraineDamascus1United Arab EmiratesDamascus1United KingdomDamascus1United StatesDamascus2Vatican CityDamascus1VenezuelaDamascus1VietnamDamascus1YemenDamascus1
Syria missions abroad
AlgeriaAlgiers1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1BahrainManama1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels1BrazilBrasília, Belo Horizonte2BulgariaSofia1CanadaOttawa1ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing1CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1EgyptCairo1FranceParis1GermanyBerlin, Bonn, Bremen3GreeceAthens1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1ItalyRome2JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KuwaitKuwait City1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MauritaniaNouakchott1MoroccoRabat1NigeriaAbuja1North KoreaPyongyang1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad1PolandWarsaw1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1South AfricaPretoria1SpainMadrid1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C.1VenezuelaCaracas1YemenSanaa1
Who can enter Syria without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Syria?
68 missions, 58 countries.
Emergency: Syria?
113 (fire department), 110 (emergency medical services), 112 (police)
Who can enter Syria without a visa?
25: Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, and Yemen…