title: Syrian Post
text: # Syrian Post
  
  Syrian Post (Arabic: المؤسسة السورية للبريد) is the company responsible for postal service in Syria and was established by virtue of the organizational decree No. 1936 dated 1975-07-10. The company is legally incorporated as a cooperative.
  
  ## Universal Postal Union
  
  Syria joined the Universal Postal Union on May 15, 1946
  
  ## History
  
  French, Egyptian and Ottoman stamps have been used in Syria prior to it becoming an independent state.
  
  