No visa needed

Do citizens of Yemen need a visa for Syria?

Citizens of Yemen don’t need a visa for Syria. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Yemen: the passport opens 9 countries visa-free; Aden — Damascus: ≈ 2,470 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Can I travel to Syria without a visa on a Yemen passport?

Yes, citizens of Yemen don’t need a visa for Syria. A valid passport is enough.

Syria visa rules at a glance

With a Yemen passport you can visit 9 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 55 with an e-visa; 111 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Yemen passport ranks 195th of 199.
Yemen passport: visa-free access to 9 countries; Syria passport: 7.
Citizens of Yemen and Syria can travel together visa-free to 6 countries, for example: Seychelles, Palestine, Malaysia, Dominica, Micronesia, and Haiti.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Citizens of Syria, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Yemen. Yemen visa for citizens of Syria

Travelling to Syria: good to know

Aden — Damascus: about 2,470 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Syrian Pound.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SYP 122.
Syria is the 24th closest of 195 destinations open to citizens of Yemen.