Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic

Order of Civil Merit (وسام الاستحقاق المدني) (Ordre du Mérite civil) is a Syrian decoration. It was established on 25 June 1953. The decoration is awarded for service to the state or to the Arab cause. It has five classes: the Excellent Class, awarded as a badge and star; the First Class, awarded as a badge or star; and the Second, Third, and Fourth Class, awarded as a medal. The Excellent and the First Class are worn on the breast, while the Second Class is worn on a ribbon around the neck. The Third and the Fourth Class are worn on a ribbon on the right side of a chest. The colours of the decoration's ribbon are white-green-white, each represented in equal ratio.

Notable recipients

 * Khaled al-Asaad
 * Bashar al-Assad
 * Pavel Belyayev
 * Djamila Bouhired
 * Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
 * Georges Catroux
 * Mahmoud Darwish
 * Alexander Dzasokhov
 * Sabah Fakhri
 * Gustáv Husák
 * Aram Karamanoukian
 * Alexander Kinshchak
 * Samir Kuntar
 * Duraid Lahham
 * Alexei Leonov
 * Muhammad al-Maghut
 * Nazir Nabaa
 * Abdul-Salam Ojeili
 * Dawoud Rajiha
 * Asad Rustum
 * Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
 * Adib Shishakli
 * Rafiq Subaie
 * Michel Suleiman
 * Valentina Tereshkova
 * Muna Wassef
 * Dmitry Yazov
 * Ra'ad bin Zeid
 * Walid Muallem