Jamil Hassan (military officer)

Jamil Hassan جميل حسن
Allegiance	Syria
Service/branch	Syrian Armed Forces
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Air Force Intelligence Directorate (2009)
Battles/wars	Syrian civil war

Jamil Hassan (Arabic: جميل حسن‎‎) is the head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad. He is also one of the members of his close circle.

Hassan was appointed head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate in 2009.

Hassan was sanctioned by the European Union on 9 May 2011. 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. On 29 June 2011, the United States also sanctioned him due to his involvement in human rights abuses in Syria.

According 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. However, Al Dunya, a pro-government TV channel, denied this report the same day.

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.

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