Zaman al-Wasl collected 11 exclusive testimonies from officers who defected from the Assad regime over a two-month period. These testimonies include a list of 272 officers from the Air Force Intelligence Directorate, detailing their military status and revealing the human structure of this security apparatus. The list includes officers who were active duty until 2024, as well as those who were discharged or killed in action.
1. Major General (3 officers)
* Major General Hassan Wadih Ali
* Major General Izzat Abdullah Abbas
* Major General Salah al-Din Kasser Ghanem
2. Brigadier General/Staff Brigadier General (84 officers)
This category includes officers with the ranks of Staff Brigadier General, Brigadier General, and Staff Brigadier General:
* Staff Brigadier General Hamid Muslim Hamed
* Staff Brigadier General Maddah Abdullah al-Hussein
* Brigadier General Ali Suleiman al-Suleiman
* Staff Brigadier General Ratib Ahmed Ghosn
* Brigadier General Saeb Salam bin Ali Abbas * Brigadier General Ahmed Bader Mahmoud
* Brigadier General Arkan Mahmoud Hassan Hatem
* Brigadier General Anwar Nazih Abboud
* Brigadier General Haitham Ibrahim Banawi
* Brigadier General Abdul Hamid Ali Dioub
* Brigadier General Ibrahim Abbas Ibrahim
* Brigadier General Nihad Amin Al-Dahab
* Brigadier General Mahmoud Muhammad Mulla
* Brigadier General Ziad Mahmoud Al-Qadi
* Brigadier General Bassam Hussein Ali Al-Haji
* Brigadier General Issa Ali Al-Yassin
* Brigadier General Hassan Moussa Al-Hassan
* Brigadier General Imad Salman Mazhar
* Brigadier General Mudrik Salman Al-Hujja
* Brigadier General Ahmed Yassin Ghanem
* Brigadier General Nizar Hashem Al-Sheikh Ibrahim
* Brigadier General Abdul Basit Ali Shabara
* Brigadier General Ahmed Yahya Haj Khalil
* Brigadier General Hassan Marhej Al-Rustum
* Brigadier General Mohsen Ibrahim Al-Khatib * Brigadier General Mohammad Hassan Abboud
* Brigadier General Qusay Ali Diab
* Brigadier General Ali Ibrahim Youssef
* Brigadier General Mahmoud Youssef Sobh
* Brigadier General (Staff) Rakan Mohammad Ali Ghantawi
* Brigadier General Muawiya Ahmad Shihab al-Din
* Brigadier General Hussein Youssef Hussein
* Brigadier General Ibrahim Marai Abdo
* Brigadier General Asif Fajr Khaddour
* Brigadier General (Staff) Hussein Mohammad Jardo
* Brigadier General Imran Sarhan Ibrahim
* Brigadier General (Staff) Hisham Mahmoud Hamawi
* Brigadier General Mohsen Ahmad Ghanem
* Brigadier General (Staff) Nizar Hassan Sbeih
* Brigadier General Mohammad Youssef Haidar
* Brigadier General Ahmad Mohammad Ali
* Brigadier General Imad Mahmoud Nazzal
* Brigadier General Abdullah Saleh Ahmad
* Brigadier General (Staff) Faisal Mohammad Zarqa
* Brigadier General Ali Ahmad Sultan
* Brigadier General Haidar Hassan Rustum * Brigadier General Bassam Melhem Naffaa
* Brigadier General Abdul Karim Awad Al-Fares
* Brigadier General Khaled Hassan Al-Hussein
* Brigadier General Mazen Qassem Amer
* Brigadier General Muwaffaq Ramez Al-Sheikh Hassan
* Brigadier General Mazen Muhammad Saeed Al-Nashef
* Brigadier General Nizar Muhammad Al-Jarf
* Brigadier General Naeem Yousef Al-Sayed
* Brigadier General Hamza Muhammad Ali
* Brigadier General Muhammad Ali Hammoud
* Brigadier General Ghassan Nasr Nazha
* Brigadier General Jamil Ibrahim Habib
* Brigadier General Muhammad Ali Suleiman
* Brigadier General Muhammad Ali Bin Layez Suleiman
* Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Saleh
* Brigadier General Muhammad Mustafa Al-Siwan
* Brigadier General Ali Ibrahim Jund
* Brigadier General Nassif Hilal Abu Ammar
* Brigadier General Butros Ali Shamma
* Brigadier General Muhammad Darwish Yassin
* Brigadier General Ramez Ali Deeb * Brigadier General Basil Suleiman Al-Saloum.
* Brigadier General Faisal Younes Ibrahim.
* Brigadier General Samer Salman Salloum.
* Brigadier General Fouad Sharif Al-Balal.
* Brigadier General Nizar Abdul Karim Al-Hamdan.
* Brigadier General Bassam Ramadan Al-Najm.
* Brigadier General Muhammad Yusuf Al-Ibrahim.
* Brigadier General Ali Muhammad Rahal.
* Brigadier General Muhammad Asaad Khalil.
3. Colonel Rank (128 officers)
This represents the largest rank in the force, and includes:
* Colonel Hussein Yusuf Salman.
* Colonel Faisal Younes Assaf.
* Colonel Mazhar Ali Ghassa.
* Colonel Maher Muhammad Mazhar.
* Colonel Adel Ahmad Ezz El-Din.
* Colonel Dahi Ali Marhej.
* Colonel Adnan Anad Al-Mubarak.
* Colonel Mohsen Salem Abu Zahra.
* Colonel Waheed Muhammad Imran.
* Colonel Abdul Halim Abdul Sattar Al-Khatib.
* Colonel Akram Nour El-Din Haj Khalil
* Colonel Ahmed Khalifa Al-Hamada
* Colonel Muntajab Salman Ismail
* Colonel Muhammad Ali Mahmoud Assaf
* Colonel Ayman Diab Abdel Karim
* Colonel Ahmed Jaber Fadel
* Colonel Ali Salem Hamisha
* Colonel Alaa Salman Ahmed
* Colonel Shadi Adib Badran
* Colonel Muhammad Hamid Al-Ahmad
* Colonel Ibrahim Mahmoud Youssef
* Colonel Engineer Sinan Ali Omran
* Colonel Nader Muhammad Al-Khader
* Colonel Yasser Kamel Hassaneh
* Colonel Nizar Turki Khazal
* Colonel Hassan Muhammad Assi
* Colonel Thaer Muhammad Hajji
* Colonel Maher Muhammad Ayoud
* Colonel Mazen Abdel Latif Khader
* Colonel Labib Hussein Muhammad
* Colonel Muhannad Farid Al-Younes
* Colonel Imad Hamdan Hassan
* Colonel Reda Ibrahim Muhanna
* Colonel Mu'taz Ali Khalil * Colonel Mustafa Najib Abu Bakr.
* Colonel Majd Yassin Muhammad.
* Colonel Ramez Raif Saqr.
* Colonel Nidal Nazir Saqr.
* Colonel Maher Kamel Ghanem.
* Colonel Bassam Muhammad Khaddour.
* Colonel Muhammad Ali Muhammad.
* Colonel Nawras Jreis Lotfi.
* Colonel Tariq Muhammad Al-Saqr.
* Colonel Hisham Mahmoud Al-Abdullah.
* Colonel Khaled Salim Kanaan.
* Colonel Iyad Faiz Fandi.
* Colonel Qusay Hussein Al-Jar'atli.
* Colonel Firas Muhammad Mash'al.
* Colonel Taleb Abbas Al-Wanous.
* Colonel Hussam Abed Faraj.
* Colonel Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Hannan.
* Colonel Hussam Ali Razouq.
* Colonel Muhammad Ahmad Khalil.
* Colonel Bilal Bin Muslim Qader.
* Colonel Musa Na'im Al-Bitar.
* Colonel Muhammad Fadel Gharib.
* Colonel Suhail Hikmat Muhammad.
* Colonel Muhammad Abdullah Ali. * Colonel Basil Muhammad Suleiman.
* Colonel Nabil Faris Abdul Samad.
* Colonel Ghassan Yusuf Mustafa.
* Colonel Faiz Iskandar Ibrahim.
* Colonel Ali Muhsin Younis.
* Colonel Basil Jihad Al-Daknji.
* Colonel Abdul Munim Muhammad Omar.
* Colonel Farzat Mahfouz Suleiman.
* Colonel Hussein Nawaf Al-Salman.
* Colonel Asif Ali Fakhouri.
* Colonel Muhammad Dargham Idris.
* Colonel Bilal Aziz Rahal.
* Colonel Yusuf Suleiman Fakhouri.
* Colonel Bassam Hussein Zeino.
* Colonel Ali Muhammad Al-Sayed.
* Colonel Ahmad Suleiman Nazihah.
* Colonel Hassan Ahmad Al-Shamali.
* Colonel Iyad Raja Al-Shaibani.
* Colonel Asad Anis Al-Hakim.
* Colonel Imad Jihad Ali.
* Colonel Bassam Jirjis Abdullah.
* Colonel Malik Dib Ghannam.
* Colonel Al-Haitham Muhammad Al-Sini.
* Colonel Madin Hassan Issa. Colonel Sadouh
Ibrahim Saad.
* Colonel Tawfiq Habib Alouni.
* Colonel Kalim Salim Zeido.
* Colonel Munir Dargham Jazi.
* Colonel Imad Muhammad Saadallah.
* Colonel Ahmad Asaad Deeb.
* Colonel Fouad Ibrahim Ismail.
* Colonel Firas Muhammad Hashem.
* Colonel Muhammad Nasser Shahin.
* Colonel Tawfiq Mahmoud Hazim.
* Colonel Mamoun Fawzi Qutaini.
* Colonel Iyad Hamad Fahd.
* Colonel Mahmoud Abbas Al-Muhammad.
* Colonel Ghaith Aziz Rahija.
* Colonel Muhammad Younis Younis.
* Colonel Suhail Ali Saqour.
* Colonel Nader Mahmoud Wanous.
* Colonel Mahmoud Muhammad Ma’i.
* Colonel Mustafa Hussein Yassin.
* Colonel Munther Mahmoud Najmo.
* Colonel Khaled Muhi Al-Din Safieh.
* Colonel Maher Abdel Karim Ramadan.
* Colonel Yasser Ali Ibrahim.
* Colonel Ibrahim Saleh Deeb.
* Colonel Bassam Ali Hammoud
* Colonel Samir Dib Diab
* Colonel Thabet Jamil Khair Bek
* Colonel Maan Saleh Youssef
* Colonel Mujahid Hassan Sbeih
* Colonel Nidal Muhammad Makna
* Colonel Bilal Muhammad Issa
* Colonel Thaer Suleiman Al-Khatib
* Colonel Basel Ibrahim Ibrahim
* Colonel Samer Abdul Karim Al-Assaf
* Colonel Hussein Muhammad Hussein
* Colonel Ammar Ali Mahmoud
* Colonel Ali Mahmoud Khader
* Colonel Yasser Salman Fadel
* Colonel Hamed Ali Habib
* Colonel Nabil Shafiq Salami
* Colonel Ahmed Awad Mzaal
* Colonel Abdul Latif Youssef Al-Ahmad
* Colonel Maan Ahmed Al-Jardi
* Colonel Khaled Abdul Raouf Stanbouli
4. Lieutenant Colonel (36 officers)
* Lieutenant Colonel Fadi Ibrahim Al-Dakar
* Lieutenant Colonel Majd Hassan Bashlawi
* Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Radwan Al-Homsi * Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Issa Ali.
* Lieutenant Colonel Saad Ali Al-Khaled.
* Lieutenant Colonel Zakaria Ali Ibrahim.
* Lieutenant Colonel Bashar Muhammad Assi.
* Lieutenant Colonel Samer Ali Dawabeh.
* Lieutenant Colonel Mu'ayyad Ragheb Al-Hamoud.
* Lieutenant Colonel Younis Ali Ali.
* Lieutenant Colonel Kinan Mahmoud Hassoun.
* Lieutenant Colonel Ammar Mahmoud Ashour.
* Lieutenant Colonel Ghassan Awad Fouani.
* Lieutenant Colonel Amer Mahmoud Al-Ali.
* Lieutenant Colonel Samir Abdo Al-Nasser.
* Lieutenant Colonel Suleiman Mahmoud Suleiman.
* Lieutenant Colonel Diaa Salim Omran.
* Lieutenant Colonel Qutaiba Munir Saqr.
* Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Issa Qassem.
* Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Ismander Ismail.
* Lieutenant Colonel Fadi Mahmoud Mustafa.
* Lieutenant Colonel Samhar Hassan Baghdadi.
* Lieutenant Colonel Alaa Ibrahim Suleiman.
* Lieutenant Colonel Hussam Muhammad Fanda.
* Lieutenant Colonel Thaer Tali' Al-Awaj.
* Lieutenant Colonel Rabee' Mahmoud Younis.
* Lieutenant Colonel Mudhar Jamil Deeb.
* Lieutenant Colonel Samer Abbas Ibrahim. * Lieutenant Colonel Waseem Mahmoud Mubarak
* Lieutenant Colonel Hashem Saleh Al-Mohammad
* Lieutenant Colonel Alaa Ghassan Ibrahim
* Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed Ali
* Lieutenant Colonel Suleiman Mohammed Al-Hassan
* Lieutenant Colonel Samer Matanios Mahardawi
* Lieutenant Colonel Sumer Aref Huwaiji
* Lieutenant Colonel Naseer Issa Hassan
* Lieutenant Colonel Maher Ahmed Deeb
* Lieutenant Colonel Amer Kasser Jadid
* Lieutenant Colonel Ramil Jawdat Qassem
* Lieutenant Colonel Suhail Salim Ahmed
5. Rank of Major (9 officers)
* Major Muhannad Ali Al-Hassan
* Major Sameh Nadeem Issa
* Major Ammar Hassan Aqel
* Major Mamoun Abdul Karim Jannad
* Major Nazim Hikmat Mustafa
* Major Daram Hikmat Saeed
* Major Ali Yassin Mohammed
* Major Abdul Rahman Mohammed Nadhir Al-Nimr
* Major Sinan Mohammed Younis
* Major Alaa Salman Mahrez
6. Captain (7 officers)
* Captain Younis Muhammad Al-Hafyan
* Captain Ali Talat Hussein
* Captain Ali Jabr Jawhara
* Captain Firas Bassam Jneika
* Captain Ibrahim Wadhah Ibrahim
* Captain Wael Hassan Mukhtar
* Captain Yamen Abdul Hamid Bakkar
* Captain Ibrahim Sami Zaher
7. First Lieutenant/Lieutenant (6 officers)
* First Lieutenant Ahmad Ali Hamed
* First Lieutenant Nizar Muhammad Al-Jarda
* First Lieutenant Majd Fahim Jrikous
* First Lieutenant Muhammad Rafiq Sabour
* First Lieutenant Yazan Imad Shahin
8. Enlisted Lieutenant (4 officers)
* Enlisted Lieutenant Ali Abdul Karim Abdo
* Enlisted Lieutenant Muhammad Hassan Atiya
* Enlisted Lieutenant Raafat Abdul Jabbar Halabieh * Lieutenant Munther Jawdat Lulu.
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