Syrian Minister of Finance Mohammed Yisr Barnieh issued the executive instructions for Legislative Decree No. 135, which grants a minimum 30% increase in retirement pensions.
The Ministry of Finance said in a statement on its official accounts on Tuesday, June 30, that the increase stipulated in the decree will be paid in the coming days to all beneficiaries covered by its provisions.
Article 1 of the executive instructions grants a 30% increase to the following categories:
Military and civilian retirees subject to the retirement laws for employees and wage workers, and civilians subject to the Social Insurance Law.
Beneficiaries entitled to natural disability pensions.
Beneficiaries of total disability pensions.
Beneficiaries of partial injury disability pensions from the ministries of Defense and Interior, and the Customs Police.
Families of pensioners, each according to their share of the pension.
Civilian beneficiaries of partial injury disability pensions, provided they had not joined a job by the effective date of Decree No. 135, and provided they do not receive a pension from any insurance body, except for the transferable share.
The ministry explained that the retirement pension of any public sector employee referred to retirement on July 1 may not be less than the pension they would have been entitled to had they been referred to retirement the day before that date, plus the 30% increase stipulated in the decree.
It said the pension increase for those who worked outside government entities may not exceed the highest pension increase received by pensioners who had worked for the state, amounting to 4,227 new Syrian pounds.
The retirement pension for old age, natural disability, Defense, Interior, and Customs Police categories also may not be less than the minimum wage, set at 12,560 new Syrian pounds.
The Ministry of Finance noted that the increase stipulated in Decree No. 135 will be paid with pensions for the final week of June.
Decree Increasing Pensions for Retirees
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued Decree No. 135 of 2026 on May 26, granting retirement pension beneficiaries a 30% increase on their due pensions, with the increase taking effect as of June 1.
According to the decree text carried by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the increase covers retirement pension beneficiaries included under the Insurance and Pensions Law and the Social Insurance Law and their amendments, while stressing that the new retirement pension must not be less than the general minimum wage set in Decree No. 67 of 2026, amounting to 12,560 new Syrian pounds.
The decree also stipulated that several categories would benefit from the increase, including eligible relatives of retirement pension beneficiaries, beneficiaries of natural disability pensions, beneficiaries of total injury disability pensions, and civilian beneficiaries of partial injury disability pensions who are not employed and who do not receive an insurance pension from another body.
The decree affirmed that the new retirement pension for public sector employees, when they are referred to retirement after the decree takes effect, may not be less than the pension they would have been entitled to before the decree was issued, plus the new increase.
It also set a ceiling for the increase for retirement pension beneficiaries who previously worked outside public bodies, so that it does not exceed the highest increase received by retirees who worked in state institutions.
The decree stated that its executive instructions would be issued by a decision from the Minister of Finance in coordination with the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, and that it would be published in the Official Gazette and become effective as of June 1.
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