Agency Name: | National Security Bureau |
Nativename A: | مكتب الأمن الوطني |
Formed: | 27 March 1966 |
Jurisdiction: | General Secretary of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch |
Headquarters: | Damascus, Syria |
Chief1 Name: | Kifah Moulhem |
Chief1 Position: | Director |
Chief2 Name: | Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh |
Chief2 Position: | Deputy Director |
Parent Agency: | Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Child1 Agency: |
The National Security Bureau, officially the National Security Bureau of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch, is a Ba'ath Party bureau which coordinates the work of Syria's intelligence agencies and advises the General Secretary. The current head of the National Security Bureau is Kifah Moulhem.[1]
In the past, individual intelligence agencies had a significant degree of independence and generally reported directly to the president.[2] Since 2023, Bureau is conducting a set of restructuring measures in the security services, including merging some branches. Main goal of changes is amending the powers of intelligence services and withdrawing their presence in some state institutions and developing coordination among the agencies.[3]