Vehicle registration plates of Syria

Syria requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 and the fragmentation of control and governance in the Syrian territory, there has been parallel license plate formats introduced in various regions of Syria by the de facto rulers.

Current Series[]

The Syrian license plates since 1997 have black lettering on a white background.^[1] The plate is divided into 4 sections (when viewed from left to right):

• The left-most section: At the top the name of the province in Arabic and below that the registration number (a maximum of 6 digits) in Arabic numerals. The provinces are as follows:
• The vertical strip: Country code SYR is written in Latin script.
• The second vertical strip: "Syria" is written in Arabic script.
• The right-most strip: The same registration number from the left-most area is written in Eastern Arabic numerals^[2]

Private[]

Private vehicles are black on white.

Province	Plate
Aleppo (حلب)
Damascus (دمشق)
Daraa (درعا)
Deir ez-Zor (دیر الزور)
Hama (حماة)
Hasakeh (الحسکة)
Homs (حمص)
Idlib (ادلب)
Latakia (اللاذقیة)
Quneitra (القنيطرة)
Raqqa (الرقة)
Rif Dimashq (ریف دمشق)
As-Suwayda (السویداء)
Tartus (طرطوس)

Public Transit[]

Privately owned[]

Privately owned and run public transit is mostly run by taxis. Taxi license plates are red on white.

Public owned[]

Public owned and run public transit is mostly run by city buses. Bus license plates are black on red.

Rental Vehicles[]

Rental vehicles with drivers are white on blue.

Rental vehicles without a driver have a mix of white on blue and black on white (similar to private vehicles).

Transit Vehicles[]

Transit vehicles are black on yellow.

Syiran Salvation Government[]

Syrian Salvation Government is a de facto Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-dominated government headquartered in Idlib Governorate, controlling most of the governorate. This entity has been issuing Despite similarities and cooperations between Syrian Salvation Government and the Turkish-backed Syrian Interim Government in Northern Aleppo, the two entities are separate, and thus issue separate license plates. This has caused difficulty for the citizens and has hindered freedom of movement in the so-called "liberated" areas of Syria.^[3]

Syrian Interim Government[]

Syrian Interim Government is a Turkish-backed de facto and interim government established in the territories that the Turkish Army has occupied in Northern Aleppo Governorate. This entity has also started issuing its own license plates. As previously mentioned, despite the cooperations and similarities between this entity and the "Syrian Salvation Government", the two have their own differences and issue separate license plates, creating issues for citizens.

Rojava[]

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, more commonly known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous subnational entity set up by the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Northern and Eastern parts of Syria. This entity also issues its own license plates.

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