Suheil al-Hassan graduated from the Syrian Arab Air Force academy in 1991, and served in many units of the Syrian Arab Air Forces and Air Defence Command, completing several training courses.
15 Facts About Suheil al-Hassan
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Suheil al-Hassan is part of the new generation of field Syrian army commanders who emerged during the civil war.
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Suheil al-Hassan's position is contrasted by Maher al-Assad, brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and head of Syria's Republican Guard and 4th Armoured Division, who is reported as preferring Iran.
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Suheil al-Hassan is said to have a son that he has not seen since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.
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Suheil al-Hassan is known for liking poetry, even broadcasting his own poems over to the loudspeaker at his enemies, as a warning of what will come if they do not surrender.
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Suheil al-Hassan says that he always tries to give a chance to his enemies to give up and surrender, but has no pity if they do not or if they betray him.
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On 25 December 2015, Colonel Suheil al-Hassan was allegedly promoted to Brigadier general, though Hassan's rank is disputed.
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On 31 December 2022 Suheil Al-Hassan was promoted to Major general.
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In 1991, Suheil al-Hassan was graduated with the rank of Lieutenant from the Homs Military College.
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Suheil al-Hassan was quickly inducted into the Syrian Air Defense Force's Special Operations Unit, where he would oversee the training and development of Syria's paratrooper contingents of the Syrian Arab Army.
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Suheil al-Hassan's success led many in the Central Command to recommend his transfer to other fronts.
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Suheil al-Hassan was tasked to reopen the road, and left from Hama leading a big military convoy, in order to achieve this goal.
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On 22 May 2014, the Syrian troops led by Suheil al-Hassan, managed to relieve the Aleppo central prison, which was besieged and attacked relentlessly by rebels and jihadists for more than one year.
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The situation was difficult for the Syrian army and colonel Suheil al-Hassan was assigned the task of leading all the military operations in the governorate to counter the al-Nusra threat.
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On 4 March 2020, as part of Operation Spring Shield Turkish sources claimed that Suheil al-Hassan was targeted and wounded by Turkish drone strikes near Saraqib.