Syria is a republic under an authoritarian military-dominated regime.
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Syria is republic under an authoritarian regime (similar-ish to a dictatorship), but will soon be a democratic country (hopefully) as long as the civil war there goes as it is currently progressing. In fact, many Syrians would like a democratic-type government there. Source: I am Syrian.
Syria is a single party Presidential Republic.
It is neither of those three. Syria is a Republican Dictatorship, which is to say that Syria has the general laws and procedures that make it a republic (such as a President, a Congress, etc.) but whose rulers are not elected, even though they should be. Syria has been under martial law from 1967-Present.
Hong Kong is under a democratic government.
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Authoritarian.
Syria
Syria is a non-democratic country with a government characterized by authoritarian rule under President Bashar al-Assad and the Ba'ath Party. The political system is structured around a centralized power structure with limited political freedoms and heavily influenced by the military and security apparatus.
No, everything is centralized under the president. Governors in Syrian provinces are not elected by the people, they're appointed by Bashar al-Assad himself. All of Syria's provincial governors are associates and henchmen of Bashar al-Assad. As for Syria to get a federal government, that would be a great idea once Bashar al-Assad falls from power, since Syria has many multi-religious and multi-ethnic communities.