National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region

National Security Bureau
مكتب الأمن الوطني
Agency overview
Formed	27 March 1966
Dissolved	8 December 2024 (de facto) ; 29 January 2025 (de jure)
Superseding agency	General Intelligence Service;
Jurisdiction	General Secretary of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
Headquarters	Damascus, Syria
Agency executives	Kifah Moulhem, Director; Abdul Fattah Qudsiyeh, Deputy Director;
Parent agency	Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Child agency	Intelligence agencies General Intelligence Directorate (Internal Branch – 251); Political Security Directorate; Military Intelligence Directorate; Air Force Intelligence Directorate; ; ;

The National Security Bureau (Arabic: مكتب الأمن الوطني), officially the National Security Bureau of the Central Command of the Syrian Regional Branch (Arabic: مكتب الأمن الوطني لحزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا), was a Ba'ath Party bureau which coordinated the work of Syria's intelligence agencies and advised the General Secretary prior to the 2024 fall of the Assad regime. The last head of the National Security Bureau was Kifah Moulhem.

In the past, individual intelligence agencies had a significant degree of independence and generally reported directly to the president of Syria. Since 2023, the Bureau has been conducting a set of restructuring measures in the security services, including merging some branches. The main goal of the changes is to amend the powers of intelligence services, remove them from some state institutions and develop coordination among the agencies.