There were protests at the planned attendance of Omar al-Aroub, a senior official in the Syrian sporting federation who had been alleged to have participated in torture and other crimes during the Syrian civil war, leading to his removal from the event.
Syria qualified one gymnast for Paris 2024. Lais Najjar earned his spot through the allocation of Universality quota, and also marking the nation's debut in these sports.
For the first time since 2016, Syria qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Hasan Bayan (men's 73 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.[7]
Syria entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Man Asaad (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
A campaign launched by Syrians days before the start of the Olympics led to the withdrawal from attendance of Omar al-Aroub [fr], Vice President of Syria's General Sports Federation and President of the Syrian Paralympic Committee, after an investigation showed he had committed crimes including torture during his leadership of t he the National Union of Syrian Students (NUSS) between 2011 and 2013. Al-Aroub had been officially welcomed in Paris in 2023 his Paralympic Committee role, but it was subsequently shown that he had been involved in the violent repression of protests in Aleppo in 2011 as second-in-command of the Ba’ath Brigades militia, leading to protests against his involvement in the Paris Olympics.[8][9][10][11][12]
