Damascus, March 14 (SANA) – Syria’s interior minister, Anas Khattab, on Saturday inaugurated a women’s police training institute in the town of al‑Tall near Damascus, part of a government effort to expand the role of women in the country’s law enforcement and security services.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Khattab said the facility had been developed over nearly a year and was designed to provide female recruits with modern training and professional preparation for policing duties.
The institute will function as a specialized center for training women to serve in the police and security forces. Programs will include instruction in policing practices, legal studies and field operations.
Khattab said increasing women’s participation in the security sector has been a priority for the Interior Ministry in the years following the country’s liberation, saying that female officers can play a key role in community policing and in handling cases where the presence of women in law enforcement is considered necessary.
Brig. Gen. Huda Mahmoud Sarjawi, the institute’s director, said the facility forms part of broader efforts to modernize Syria’s policing institutions and develop specialized training programs for female officers.
The institute is expected to train new female recruits through courses covering policing sciences, legal frameworks and practical field skills, as Syrian authorities seek to strengthen women’s roles in public institutions and security services.
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