General
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
علي عبد الله أيوب
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Syria
Assumed office
30 August 2020
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterHussein Arnous
13th Minister of Defense
In office
1 January 2018 – 28 April 2022
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterImad Khamis
Hussein Arnous
Preceded byFahd Jassem al-Freij
Succeeded byAli Mahmoud Abbas
Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces
In office
18 July 2012 – 1 January 2018
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Defense MinisterFahd Jassem al-Freij
Preceded byFahd Jassem al-Freij
Succeeded bySalim Harba
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces
In office
Unknown – 18 July 2012
Defense MinisterDawoud Rajiha
Chief of StaffFahd Jassem al-Freij
Succeeded byBassam Najm el-Din Antakiali
Personal details
Born (1952-04-28) 28 April 1952 (age 71)
Latakia, Syria
Political partySyrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance Syria
Branch/service Syrian Arab Army
Years of service1972–present
Rank Lieutenant general
Unit14th Engineering Battalion
CommandsChief of Staff
Deputy Chief of Staff
5th Armoured Division
112th Mechanized Brigade
Battles/warsSyrian civil war

General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (Arabic: علي عبد الله أيوب, romanized: ʿAlī ʿAbd Allāh Ayyūb) (born 28 April 1952 in Latakia)[1] is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Syria, senior Syrian Arab Army officer and former Minister of Defense. He was appointed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 1 January 2018.[2]

General Ayyoub has a long experience in commanding manoeuvre formations and is also recognized as a specialist in land warfare.

Education

Military Education[3]

Functions and main responsibilities

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War crime charges

In October 2023, French prosecutors at the Judicial Court of Paris charged Ali Ayyoub and his predecessor Fahd Al-Freij for their culpability in a barrel bomb in southwestern Syrian city of Daraa that killed French-Syrian national Salah Abou Nabout at his home in 2017.[4]

References

  1. ^ "العماد علي عبد الله أيوب". mod.gov.sy (in Arabic). 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Syria's Assad names new defense and other ministers: state TV". Reuters. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "العماد علي عبد الله أيوب". mod.gov.sy (in Arabic). 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ Foroudi, Layli; Gebeily, Maya; Berg, Stephanie van den (20 October 2023). "French prosecutors seek arrest of two Syrian ex-ministers over 2017 bomb". Reuters. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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