Ali Haidar (General)
Ali Haidar ( Arabic علي حيدر, DMG ʿAlī Ḥaidar , * 1932 in Hallet Ara, Alawite State , Mandate Syria ) is a Syrian officer. As the commander of the army's special forces, he was one of Hafiz al-Assad's closest leadership .
Life
Ali Haidar was born as a member of the Alawite minority in the village of Hallet Ara in Latakia Governorate. He is considered a childhood friend of the future dictator Hafiz al-Assad. He completed his military training at the Military Academy in Homs . Ali Haidar joined the Ba'ath Party as a teenager . After the March 8th revolution , he was appointed chief of the special forces of the Syrian army. While Assad came to power as part of the corrective movement , Haidar provided military aid to the putschists. His troops played a central role in the Deep Statethe Alawi-dominated Ba'ath Party. Its special forces were grouped around Tartus and Damascus to protect the regime against internal and external threats. They were also involved in skirmishes with the Israeli army in the Lebanese civil war . When Hafiz al-Assad's brother Rifaat wanted to oust the sick dictator, Haidar was one of the loyalists who enabled Hafiz al-Assad to put down the coup .
In 1988, Ali Haidar suffered a stroke and gave up his military functions. In 1994 he was briefly imprisoned, but held a leading role within the party until Assad's death in 2000.
Ali Haidar has a son and a daughter.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sami Moubayed: Steel an Silk Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000 , Seattle, 2006, pp. 54f
- ^ A b Yahya Sadowski: Evolution of Political Identity in Syria in Shibley Telhami, Michael Barnett: Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East , New York, 2002, p. 146
- ↑ Usahma Felix Darrah: History of Syria in the 20th Century and under Bashar Al-Asad , Marburg, 2014, p. 123
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haidar, Ali |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haydar, Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian officer and Baathist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hallet Macaw |