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Hayel al-Assad

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TypePerson[sources]
NameHayel al-Assad · هائل الأسد[sources]
Other nameHael al-Asad · حائل الأسد · هائل أنور الأسد · هايل الأسد[sources]
Birth datenot available[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
Nationalitynot available[sources]
KeywordsRegular armed forces · القوات المسلحة النظامية[sources]
SummaryCommander of military police and special missions units of the Fourth Division. Under EU sanctions since 2011. · هائل الأسد (حائل الأسد بحسب بعض المصادر وهو غير دقيق)، قائد سرية الشرطة العسكرية والمهام الخاصة في الفرقة الرابعة. شملته عقوبات فرضها الاتحاد الأوروبي في ٢٠١١[sources]
Positiondean · عميد[sources]
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Brigadier General Hayel al-Assad (Hael al-Assad according to some sources some of which are inaccurate) is the commander of the military police and special tasks unit within the Fourth Armored Division. He is the warden of the prison where Maher al-Assad keeps his unlawfully detained prisoners. EU sanctions were imposed on Hayel al-Assad on 23 August 2011.

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

العميد هائل الأسد (حائل الأسد بحسب بعض المصادر وهو غير دقيق)، قائد سرية الشرطة العسكرية والمهام الخاصة في الفرقة الرابعة. مدير السجن الذي يحتفظ فيه ماهر الأسد بسجنائه خارج قانون الدولة. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 23/08/2011. شملته العقوبات البريطانيه في 10/5/2011

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

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Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks1,079

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