Riad al-Asaad

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Riad al-Asaad ( Arabic رياض موسى الأسعد, DMG Riyāḍ Mūsā al-Asʿad ; * 1961 ) is a former engineer and colonel in the Syrian Air Force .

On July 29, 2011, together with former officers of the Syrian army, he announced the establishment of the Free Syrian Army , which he is leading from the regions of Syria liberated from the rebels .

Al-Asaad is Sunni . His family, like many families of rebel leaders, was executed in-house by government troops, according to the UN.

On March 24, 2013, al-Asaad was seriously injured in an explosion in Deir ez-Zor province .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Syria's deserter army grows and grows in the Tagesspiegel on November 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ Free Syrian Army Founded by Seven Officers to Fight the Syrian Army Syria Comment on July 29, 2011.
  3. ↑ Rebels move command center to Syria on the Spiegel Online website on September 22, 2012.
  4. ^ UN Periodic Update concerning Syria , paragraph 11
personal data
SURNAME Asaad, Riyadh al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 1961