Issa al-Khouli
Issa al-Khouli | |
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| Born | |
| Died | 11 February 2012[1] |
| Allegiance | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png){kind=small} Ba'athist Syria |
Branch | Syrian Armed Forces |
Rank |  Brigadier General[1] |
| Commands | Head of Hameish military hospital[1] |
Conflicts | Syrian civil war |
Dr. Issa al-Khouli (Arabic: عيسى الخولي) was a physician and Syrian Armed Forces brigadier general who was assassinated by three gunmen on 11 February 2012, as he stepped out his house in the neighborhood of Rukn-Eddin in Damascus. He is believed to have been the nephew of Muhammad al-Khuli, the former head of the Air Force Intelligence Directorate.[1] He is the first high military officer who was killed in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.[2]
Career
Issa al-Khouli, an Alawite from a family with close ties inside the Assad government, trained in Romania and France. He was a specialist in physical therapy and prosthetic devices.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Syrian General Is Killed by Gunmen in Damascus Ambush". The New York Times. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ Syria: Gunmen assassinate army general
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- Military personnel killed in the Syrian civil war
- Syrian military personnel of the Syrian civil war
- Syrian generals
- Syrian military personnel killed in action
- 2012 deaths
- Syrian military doctors
- Assassinated Syrian military personnel
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