Jamil Hassan (Arabic: جميل حسن) was the head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate and a former close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad. He is reported to be under house arrest.[1]
Jamil Hassan | |
|---|---|
جميل حسن | |
| Director of Air Force Intelligence Directorate | |
| In office 1 July 2009 – 7 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh |
| Succeeded by | Ghassan Jaoudat Ismail |
| Deputy Director of General Intelligence Directorate | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1952 (age 72) |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Syria |
| Branch/service | Syrian Armed Forces |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Unit | Syrian Air Force |
| Battles/wars | 1982 Hama massacre Syrian civil war |
Career
editHassan was appointed head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate in 2009.[2]
Sanctions
editHassan was sanctioned by the European Union on 9 May 2011.[3][4][5] He was added to the European Union's sanction list on the grounds that he "involved in violence against the civilian population" during the Syrian civil war.[6] On 29 June 2011, the United States also sanctioned him due to his involvement in human rights abuses in Syria.[7]
Reports of assassination
editAccording to Free Syrian Army reports he was assassinated on 26 August 2012 by an aide, who was an operative of the Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade.[8][9] However, Al Dunya, a pro-government TV channel, denied this report the same day.[citation needed]
Hassan gave an interview for The Independent in November 2016, proving the claims of his death false. He stated that the tactics used in the 1982 Hama revolt would have ended the Syrian Civil War much faster.[10]
Criminal investigations
editGermany
editIn June 2018 German news magazine Der Spiegel reported, that Germany's chief federal prosecutor has issued an international arrest warrant against Hassan because of charges of crimes against humanity.[11]
France
editIn November 2018, French prosecutors issued international arrest warrants for three senior Syrian intelligence and government officials: Ali Mamlouk, Abdel Salam Mahmoud and Jamil Hassan. The warrants bring charges including collusion in torture, forced disappearances, crimes against humanity and war crimes.[12] Four days of hearings at the Paris Cour d'assises started on 21 May 2024, accusing the three men of involvement in the disappearance, torture and killing of two French citizens between 2013 and 2017.[13] Hassan was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia on May 25.[14][15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Военный обозреватель".
- ^ "First circle". France 24. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ Bashar al-Assad's inner circle BBC News, 20 July 2012
- ^ Syria's Assad 'reshuffles security chiefs' UPI, 21 October 2010
- ^ List of 13 Syrian officials blacklisted by the EU Youkal Retrieved 21 July 2012 (Arabic)
- ^ "List of natural and legal persons". Official Journal of the EU. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Jamil Hassan". Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ Report: Syrian air force intel head killed UPI 26 August 2012
- ^ "Head of Syria's air force intelligence killed by aide: rebel sources". Al Arabiya. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ Robert Fisk: "Tougher tactics would have ended Syrian war, claims the country's top intelligence general" The Independent vom 26. November 2016
- ^ „International Arrest Warrant: Germany Takes Aim at Assad's Torture Boss" Spiegel Online from 8 June 2018
- ^ „France issues arrest warrants for senior Syrian officials" Reuters November 2018
- ^ Eleonore Dermy (21 May 2024). "France begins its first war crimes trial of Syrian officials". Al-Monitor. Wikidata Q126010156. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024.
- ^ Ayad, Christophe (25 May 2024). "Torture in Syria: Paris court sentences three senior officials from Assad's regime to life imprisonment". Le Monde.
- ^ "French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes". AP News. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.