Relationship dossier
Palestine
Syria
Relationship assessment
Syrian support for Palestinian national claims has coexisted with conflict involving Palestinian leadership.
Palestine toward Syria
Not assessedSyria toward Palestine
+15Syrian governments have supported Palestinian national claims and provided a base to Palestinian political organizations, including Hamas's former leadership in Damascus. Relations with PLO leadership have also been contentious, including Syrian military intervention in Lebanon during the civil war against forces aligned with the PLO.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Syrian governments have supported Palestinian national claims and hosted Palestinian political organizations, while relations with PLO leadership have also been marked by serious conflict. Information about concrete Palestinian government conduct toward Syria is insufficient to characterize that relationship reliably.
Areas of tension
- Conflict between Syria and PLO leadership, including Syrian intervention in Lebanon during the civil war.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of Syrian government support for Palestinian political organizations are unclear.
- Details of Palestinian government cooperation with Syria are limited.