List of Syrian defectors
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During the rule of the al-Assad family and the Syrian Civil War, a number of prominent Syrian figures have defected to either the rebellion or to other countries:
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- Mohammad Bassam Imadi, Former Ambassador to Sweden - 2011
- Abdul Razzaq Tlass, Former Syrian military officer, and currently one of the Free Syrian Army commanders - June 2011
- Riad al-Asaad, former Colonel in the Syrian Air Force,[2] and current commander of the Free Syrian Army,[3] July 2011
- Mustafa Al-Sheikh, former General in the Syrian Army, and former head of the Free Syrian Army - 6 January 2012[4][5]
- Imad Ghalioun, parliamentarian for Homs - January 2012 (to Egypt)[6]
- Abdo Hussameddin, Deputy Oil Minister - 7 March 2012
- Firas Tlass, son of Mustafa Tlass, the former defence minister under Hafez al Assad - 12 March 2012 (to Paris)[7]
- Hassan Hamada, Syrian Air Force Colonel - 2012 (to Jordan)
- Manaf Tlass, Brigadier General of the Syrian Republican Guard - 2012 (to Turkey, later Paris)
- Nawaf al-Fares, Ambassador to Iraq - 2012 (In Iraq, later moved to Qatar)[8]
- Adnan Silu, Major General and former head of Syria's chemical weapons program - July 2012 defected to the opposition.[9]
- Abdelatif al-Dabbagh, Ambassador to the UAE, July 2012 (to Qatar)[10]
- Lamia al-Hariri, niece of Syrian vice president Farouk al-Sharaa, Envoy to Cyprus, - July 2012 (to Qatar)[11]
- Mohammad Tahseen Faqir, military attaché at the Syrian embassy in Oman - July 2012[12]
- Ikhlas al-Badawi, Aleppo MP, a Baathists and an Assad loyalist, defects to Turkey with her six children - July 2012, (to Turkey)[13][14]
- Farouk Taha, Ambassador to Belarus. Fled Belarus in the spring, but did not publicize his defection before late July.[15]
- Khaled al-Ayoubi, Chargé d'affaires at the embassy to the United Kingdom and most senior diplomat in the country after higher officials were expelled. - July 2012.[16]
- Mohammad Hussam Hafez, Consul at the Syrian embassy in Yerevan, Armenia - July 2012.[17]
- General Muhammed Faris, a military aviator who became the first Syrian in space, defects to Turkey.[18]
- Riyad Farid Hijab - Syrian Prime minister, August 2012.[19]
- Mohammad al Jililati - Finance Minister, reported to have been arrested while trying to defect.[20] Denied by the Syrian state TV, which said Mr Jililati was still in his office working as usual, and it broadcast what it said was a phone interview with him denying reports that he had been detained.
- Danny al-Baaj - Syria’s representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council, defects to Geneva, 11 July 2012[21][22]
- Brigadier General Ibrahim al-Jabawi - deputy police commander for the central Syrian province of Homs, 12 July 2012 (to Jordan)[23]
- Salim Idris - was a general in the Syrian Army when he defected in July 2012 [1][2]. Now servves as the current Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army.
- Yaroub al-Shara - cousin of Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Shara.[24]
- Naser al-Hariri - Former member of the People's Council of Syria from Daraa, 23 August 2012 (to Jordan)[25]
- Mohamed Moussa al-Khairat - Commander of the seventh division within the Syrian Army, 25 August 2012 (to Jordan) [3] [4]
- Muhammad Khayr al-Hariri - Former Syrian MP and tribal chief of the southern Daraa region, 27 August (to Jordan) [5]
- Abdullah Al-Omar - Director of several pro-government Syrian Channels, September 2012 [6] [7].
- Mohammad Fares - a Syrian Pilot [8].
- Awad Ahmed al-Ali - head of the security branch in Damascus, September 2012 (to Turkey) [9] [10]
- Emad al-Ahmar - Syrian Consul in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 8 September 2012 (to Egypt) [11] [12].
- Mahmoud Obeid - Syrian diplomatic attaché in Malaysia, 8 September 2012 (to Egypt) [13] [14].
- Bashar al-Haj - Syrian diplomatic attaché in Serbia, September 2012 (?) [15] [16].
- Youssef Assad - Syrian Air Force officer and a family relative of President Bashar Assad [17].
- Khaled Abdul Rahman al Zamel - a Syrian Colonel who initially defected to join the opposition forces, and in late September 2012 called on to abandon the insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad (accompanied by around 10 other former rebels) [18].
- Jihad Makdissi - Syrian Forgein Ministry's spokesman, 2 December 2012 (to UK) [19] [20].
- Adnan Salo - former head of the chemical weapons unit in the Syrian army [21], 9 December 2012
- Major General Abdulaziz al-Shalal - commander of Syria's military police, 25 December 2012 [22] [23].
- Kamal Jamal Beyk - Former director of programming at the official SANA radio and the SANA online news website in Damascus, 28 December 2012 (to Paris)[24].
- Lama Al-Khadra - Former state-run radio station Radio Damascus Journalist, 28 December 2012 (to Paris) [25]
- Baddour Abdel Karim - Former state-run radio station Radio Damascus Journalist, 28 December 2012 (to Paris) [26]
- Maj. Gen Mohammed Ezz al-Din Khalouf - chief of supplies and logistics of Syrian Armed Forces, 16 March 2013 (to Jordan).[26]
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- ^ High-ranking Syrian general defects from army