This is a list of castles in Syria.
| Key | ||
| Name | Name of the surviving building, either how it is popularly known in English, its medieval name or its Arabic name | |
| Type | Usually the type of castle represented by the predominant surviving fortified remains | |
| Date | Usually the dates of the principal building works relating to the surviving remains | |
| Condition | An indication as to what remains of the original castle structure | |
| Image | Building or site as it currently exists | |
| Coordinates | Location of the castle | |
| Governorate | Governorate in which the castle is located | |
| Notes | Brief description or information of note | |
| bgcolor=silver | Located under Israeli occupation. |
| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Coordinates | Governorate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel of Aleppo | Castle | 12th–13th centuries | Partially restored | Aleppo | Covers an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. | |||
| Qal'at Najm | Hilltop castle | 12th–13th centuries | Partially restored | Aleppo | Besieged in 1820 by Ottoman forces after a local warlord had sought refuge in the castle. | |||
| Citadel of Damascus | Castle | 11th–13th centuries | Partially restored | Damascus | Part of the Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site. | |||
| Citadel of Bosra | Castle | Partially restored | Daraa | Built around a Roman theatre. Part of the Ancient City of Bosra World Heritage Site. | ||||
| Halabiye | Hilltop castle | 6th century | Ruins | Deir ez-Zor | Originally fortified by Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, refortified under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and partially re-used after the Muslim conquest of Syria. | |||
| Qal'at Rahbeh | Hilltop castle | Ruins | Deir ez-Zor | Much of the current structure dates back to its construction by the Ayyubid lord, Shirkuh II, in 1207. | ||||
| Qal'at Sukkara | Hilltop castle | Ruins | Al Hasakah | Located in the Jebel Abd al-Aziz. | ||||
| Qalʿat Abū Qubais | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | Hama | |||||
| Citadel of Hama | Castle | Ruins | Hama | Excavated by a Danish expedition between 1931 and 1938. | ||||
| Qalaat al-Madiq | Hilltop castle | Residential area | Hama | |||||
| Qal'at al-Rahiyya | Castle | Ruins | Hama | The castle dates back to the second millennium BC.[1] | ||||
| Masyaf Castle | Spur castle | Partially restored | Hama | |||||
| Shaizar | Spur castle | Partially restored | Hama | |||||
| Shmemis | Hilltop castle | Ruins | Hama | |||||
| Citadel of Homs | Castle | Ruins | Homs | Built on top of an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. | ||||
| Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | Homs | |||||
| Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi | Desert castle | Ruins | Homs | |||||
| Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi | Desert castle | Ruins | Homs | |||||
| Krak des Chevaliers | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | Homs | Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site. | ||||
| Harem Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | Idlib | |||||
| Sarmada | Hilltop castle | Ruins | 36.1833°N 79°W | Idlib | ||||
| Bani Qahtan Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | Latakia | |||||
| Bourzey castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | Latakia | |||||
| Mahalibeh Castle | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | Latakia | |||||
| Qal'at Salah ed-Din | Spur castle | Partially restored | Latakia | Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site. | ||||
| Nimrod Fortress | Hilltop castle | 13th century | Quneitra | Located in the Golan Heights | ||||
| Castle of al-Al | Castle | Quneitra | Located in the Golan Heights | |||||
| Qasr Bardawil | Hilltop castle | Quneitra | Located in the Golan Heights | |||||
| Citadel of Raqqa | Castle | 13th century | Destroyed | Raqqa | The citadel was completely removed and built over in the 1950s. | |||
| Qal'at Ja'bar | Hilltop castle | 12th century | Partially restored | Raqqa | Originally situated on a hilltop overlooking the Euphrates Valley but now turned into an island by the flooding of Lake Assad. | |||
| Jabal Sais | Desert castle/fortification | 7th century | Ruins | 33.2667°N 37.3667°W | Rif Dimashq | The fortification sits near an extinct volcano.[2] | ||
| Salkhad Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | Suwayda | |||||
| Chastel Blanc | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | Tartus | |||||
| Chastel Rouge | Spur castle | Partially restored | Tartus | |||||
| Al-Kahf Castle | Spur castle | 12th century | Ruins | Tartus | In 1192, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, also known as the Old Man of the Mountain, died in Al-Kahf Castle, which was an Ismaili stronghold during the 12th century. | |||
| Qala'at Khawabi | Spur castle | Residential area | Tartus | |||||
| Burj al-Sabi | Spur castle | 12th century | Ruins | Tartus | Castle of Knights Hospitallers | |||
| Areimeh Castle | Spur castle | 12th century | Ruins | Tartus | Castle of Knights Templar | |||
| Margat | Spur castle | 11th–12th centuries | Partially restored | Tartus | Headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria. | |||
| Maraclea | Hilltop castle | 11th century | Ruins | 35.0678°N 35.8906°W | Tartus | Castle of Knights Hospitaller | ||
| Al-Qadmus Castle | Hilltop castle | 11th–12th centuries | Ruins | 35.1014°N 36.1611°W | Tartus | Crusader Castle | ||
| al-Sheikh Deeb Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | 34.9478°N 36.2583°W | Tartus | ||||
| Citadel of Tartus | Castle | Residential area | Tartus |