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AI regulation in Syria: laws & policy (2026)

AI in Syria: no framework.

Syria has no comprehensive AI law, sectoral AI rules, or published binding AI guidelines as of 2026. Under the transitional government, AI is treated as a strategic ambition for reconstruction and economic recovery (healthcare, education, infrastructure planning) rather than a regulated domain, and it features within an emerging digital-transformation roadmap. Governance capacity is constrained by infrastructure deficits, brain drain, and a still-forming legislative apparatus.

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Legal framework

No AI-specific law or formal national AI strategy. AI is referenced as a pillar within the broader National Digital Transformation Strategy (to 2030) led by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; data is touched only indirectly via the Electronic Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 12 of 2024).

Key points: artificial intelligence in Syria

  1. No dedicated AI regulation

    There is no comprehensive AI statute, sectoral AI legislation, or officially published AI ethics/guidelines framework in force. AI is addressed only as an aspiration within broader digital-transformation planning.

    levant24.com arab-reform.net

  2. Digital transformation strategy to 2030

    The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is running a phased national digital-transformation strategy (foundational; transition 2025-2027; integration 2027-2030) that names AI as a central pillar of economic recovery, but it is a development roadmap, not an AI regulatory regime.

    sana.sy levant24.com

  3. Transitional government's strategic vision (not law)

    In a March 2025 Transitional Legislative Assembly session, lawmakers questioned the Minister on national AI progress; the government presented a strategic vision for AI in healthcare and education, but no binding instrument resulted.

    levant24.com restofworld.org

  4. AI-SYRIA 2025 conference

    The first AI-SYRIA conference (Damascus, May 2025) was co-organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Arab Internet Union, and the Syrian Informatics Society, signaling official interest in AI for economic renewal rather than introducing regulation.

    963media.com levant24.com

  5. Adjacent data-protection law

    The Electronic Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 12 of 2024, effective January 2025) regulates personal-data processing with penalties, but it is a privacy statute, not AI-specific; observers also flag mandatory data-sharing with authorities as a surveillance concern.

    dataguidance.com iclg.com

  6. Structural constraints on governance

    Post-conflict deficits, unreliable electricity and internet, loss of technical talent, and an institutional/legislative apparatus still being rebuilt under the transitional government, limit the development and enforcement of any AI framework.

    techpolicy.press atlanticcouncil.org

Sources

  1. sana.sy/en/syria/2309482/
  2. levant24.com/news/2025/05/syria-makes-digital-strides-with-focus-on-technological-
  3. 963media.com/en/07/05/2025/historic-first-ai-syria-2025-launches-in-damascus/
  4. restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal/
  5. dataguidance.com/jurisdictions/syrian-arab-republic
  6. iclg.com/practice-areas/data-protection-laws-and-regulations/syria
  7. arab-reform.net/publication/ai-in-the-national-ai-strategies-of-the-arab-region/
  8. techpolicy.press/syrias-recovery-depends-on-rebuilding-its-digital-infrastructure/
  9. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/why-syrias-government-must-turn-inward-in-2026/

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