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Syria
Syrian Arab Republic / Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya



CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Syria Index (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1973 constitution plus background notes, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information
* Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria Ministry of Information)
* Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic Laws (Syria Ministry of Information)

EXECUTIVE

* Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade - in Arabic and English; includes Investment Regulations
* Ministry of Information

JUDICIAL

* COURTS: Supreme Constitutional Court; High Judicial Council; Court of Cassation; State Security Courts

LEGISLATIVE

* PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Sha'b [People's Council]
* NATLEX: Syrian Arab Republic (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights


LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Syria (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* Islamic Family Law: Syria (Emory University Law School)
* JURIST: Syria (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Natural Resources Legislation: Syria (University of Denver College of Law)
* World Legal Information Institute: Syria (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Middle East: Syria (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Study: Syria (Library of Congress) April 1987
* Portals to the World: Syria (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Syria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Information: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Embassy of the Republic of Syria, Washington
* Governments on the WWW: Syria (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Syria (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: Assad National Library - information (IFLA)
* NEWS: Al-Thawra Newspaper; BBC World - Middle East; Yahoo Full Coverage - Syria
* U.S. Embassy, Damascus (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Syria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* World Hunger: Syria (World Food Programme)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Syria (Google); Syria (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Syria (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Syria (University of Texas, Austin)