Saad Sayel

Brigadier General

Saad Sayel
Brigadier General; Saad Sayel
Born	30 September 1932; Nablus, Mandatory Palestine
Died	29 September 1982 (aged 49); Mowasat Hospital, Damascus, Syria
Cause of death	Assassinated by Abu Nidal group in Lebanon, Near Syria border
Burial place	Al Shohada tomb of Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus, Syria
Nationality	Palestinian
Other names	As a guerrilla commander he was known by his code name: Salman Abu al-Waleed (Arabic: سلمان ابو الولید)
Occupations	Head of the Fatah security apparatus; Director of the Central Operations Committee of the Palestinian Revolutionary Forces; Member of the Palestinian National Council;
Notes
	He was known as Marshal of the Revolution and Marshal of the Beirut.

Saad Sayel (Arabic: سعد صایل; died in 1982)) was a Palestinian commander and former Jordanian army officer who served as head of the Fatah security apparatus. and founder of the Yarmouk Brigade. He played a prominent role in rebuilding the PLO's military apparatus and training troops alongside Yasser Arafat, Khalil al-Wazir, Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar and others.

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