Law No. 37 extending Syrian Maritime Zones. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Legislation Date 1981 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Abstract This Law extends the Syrian jurisdictional waters to 35 nautical miles measured from the same baseline used to measure territorial waters or from the line joining low-water marks. Full text English