The Damascus branch of Syria's Doctors Syndicate has struck 10 doctors from its register over what it described as involvement in “criminal acts that have nothing to do with humanity”.
The decision also cancelled their membership of the syndicate’s co-operation fund and cited violations of professional rules, doctors’ duties and medical ethics, according to Syria TV.
The syndicate said further decisions would be issued against other doctors accused of breaching its regulations and professional standards.
The action follows an investigation by the Association of Detainees and Missing Persons of Sednaya Prison into alleged abuses at Tishreen Military Hospital under the former Syrian government.
The report, Buried in Silence: Mechanisms of Homicide and Disappearance at Tishreen Military Hospital, documented the alleged role of military intelligence, military police, medical teams and administrative staff in the treatment and disappearance of detainees.
It found that detainees transferred from prisons and security branches to the hospital were subjected to torture and other abuse, while some whose health had severely deteriorated were killed.
The investigation also documented how detainees who died in the hospital or other detention centres were registered, how bodies were processed and transferred, and how false or misleading death records were prepared.
The report was based on 154 interviews with 32 people, including former detainees transferred to Tishreen Military Hospital, doctors and nurses who had worked there, and former personnel from Military Intelligence, the Military Police, Political Security and the Military Judiciary.
The interviews were conducted between August 2022 and July 2023.
The report said medical and administrative personnel at Tishreen Military Hospital were part of a wider system involving intelligence agencies, military police and forensic authorities.
It also examined the procedures used by the hospital, the Forensic Medicine Department and the Military Police to record detainees who died either in hospital or in detention.
The ADMSP investigation said the hospital played a central role in a broader system of deaths and enforced disappearances under the former Syrian authorities.
The Doctors Syndicate decision, dated 30 June 2026, is one of the latest measures taken against medical professionals accused of involvement in abuses committed under the former government of Bashar al-Assad.
The move also comes as Syria pursues wider accountability efforts against former regime figures accused of torture, killings and other crimes against detainees.