The Internal Security Command, or known as the General Security Service at the time, was the police force of
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controlled areas in Northern Syria, replacing the Free Syrian Police before it was transferred to the interior ministry of the
Syrian Salvation Government in April 2024. Its roots could be traced to 1945 when the
Public Security Police was formed. A
police academy was opened in September 2023 and produced its first batch of graduates in August 2024. The Ba'athist-led Public Security Police collapsed in 2024 with the
fall of the Assad regime. HTS brought the General Security Service from Idlib to maintain order and security in recently captured areas in the country. In January 2025, the new de facto rulers of Syria, the
Syrian caretaker government, made preparations to reorganize the General Security Service as Syria's police force, including
Sharia as part of the police training. On 29 November 2025, the Syrian Ministry of Interior presented several new police vehicles. The vehicles, all Hyundai models, include: • Armoured variants assigned to the Diplomatic Security and Officials Protection units; • Vehicles for the Criminal Investigations Department; • Patrol cars for the Road Security (traffic police) branch. On 30 November 2025, the Syrian Arab News Agency published images of several new vehicle designs for the Ministry of Interior's vehicles, including the vehicles of the General Security Service.
Involvement in the 2025 massacres of Alawites In March 2025, members of the General Security Service were accused of taking part in the
2025 massacres against
Alawite civilians along Syria's coastal regions. == Equipment ==