Saad Sayel was a Palestinian commander and former Jordanian army officer who served as head of the Fatah security apparatus.
14 Facts About Saad Sayel
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Saad Sayel played a prominent role in rebuilding the PLO's military apparatus and training troops alongside Yasser Arafat, Khalil al-Wazir, Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar and others.
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Saad Sayel traveled to Jordan as a teenager and joined the army there.
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In 1951, Saad Sayel went to the Jordanian Military College to receive specialized military training and after military training, he was assigned to the command of the Husain ibn Ali infantry brigade with Colonel rank.
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Saad Sayel spent the military engineering course in England in 1954.
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Saad Sayel served as a soldier in the Jordanian army, but in the 1970 Jordan-PLO conflict between the monarchy and the fedayeen, he opted to join and support Fatah.
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When Saad Sayel joined the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah, he was assigned to important military positions.
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In June 1982, after the Israeli forces besieged Beirut, Saad Sayel was the leading Fatah commander along with Yasser Arafat and Khalil Wazir.
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In spite of a grim and quiet personality, Saad Sayel was widely respected as a tough and influential commander.
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Saad Sayel was assassinated by the Abu Nidal Organization in Lebanon, near Syria border on 29 September 1982.
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Saad Sayel had gone to Beqaa Valley to visit the Popular Front and the Lebanese Joint Forces.
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The driver was killed on the spot and Saad Sayel was injured by a bullet.
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Saad Sayel was at the top of these assassinations list.
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The Saad Sayel's family called on the Palestinian authorities to do its utmost to move the bodies of the martyrs from the Yarmouk camp to Palestine, as this is one of the rights of martyrs' families.