Vehicle registration plates of Syria
![](../I/m/SyrLicPlateSVG.svg.png)
A Syrian license plate
The Syrian license plates since 1997 have black lettering on a white background. 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:
- Aleppo (حلب)
![](../I/m/Halab-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Damascus (دمشق)
![](../I/m/Dimashq-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Daraa (درعا)
![](../I/m/Daraa-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Deir ez-Zor (دیر الزور)
![](../I/m/Deirezzor-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Hama (حماة)
![](../I/m/Hamma-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Hasakeh (الحسکة)
![](../I/m/Hasake-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Homs (حمص)
![](../I/m/Homs-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Idlib (ادلب)
![](../I/m/Idlib-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Latakia (اللاذقیة)
![](../I/m/Lazeqiye-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Quneitra (القنيطرة)
![](../I/m/Qantarieh-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Raqqah (الرقة)
![](../I/m/Raqqe-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Rif Dimashq (ریف دمشق)
![](../I/m/Rif_Dimashq-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- As-Suwayda (السویداء)
![](../I/m/Sweida-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- Tartus (طرطوس)
![](../I/m/Tartus-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
- 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
Private
Private vehicles are black on white.
![](../I/m/Dimashq-Shakhsi-SYR.png)
![](../I/m/Dimashq-Shakhsi-15x30-SYR.png)
Public Transit
Privately owned
Privately owned and run public transit is mostly run by taxis. Taxi license plates are red on white.
![](../I/m/Dimashq-Taksi-SYR.png)
Public owned
public owned and run public transit is mostly run by city buses. Bus license plates are black on red.
![](../I/m/Dimashq-Otobus-SYR.png)
Rental Vehicles
Rental vehicles with drivers are white on blue.
![](../I/m/Dimashq-Rental-SYR.png)
Rental vehicles without a driver have a mix of white on blue and black on white (similar to private vehicles).
![](../I/m/Dimashq-SelfRental-SYR.png)
Transit Vehicles
Transit vehicles are black on yellow.
![](../I/m/Dimashq-Transit-SYR.png)
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