Abdul Karim al-Nahlawi (Arabic: عبد الكريم النحلاوي; born 1926) is a Syrian former military officer.

He is known for being the leader of the 1961 Syrian coup d'état against Gamal Abdel Nasser which ended the union of Syria and Egypt as the United Arab Republic (UAR).

ِ On 28 March 1962, Al-Nahlawi attempted to seize power directly for himself in another coup against his former political allies Nazim al-Qudsi, Maarouf al-Dawalibi and Khalid al-Azm.

[1] Al-Nahlawi was a lieutenant colonel in the UAR's armed forces when he headed a coalition of moderate officers from Damascus in a coup on behalf of Maamun al-Kuzbari,[note 1] and in collaboration with Haydar al-Kuzbari (who was married to Al-Nahlawi's sister and is the cousin of Maamun al-Kuzbari), and Muwafak 'Asasa (موفق عصاصة).

The coup was against Nasser and locally his deputy Abdel Hakim Amer, who was the Egyptian viceroy in Syria.