Suhayl al-Hasan

Suhayl al-Hasan
سُهَيْلُ الْحَسَنِ
Suhayl al-Hasan; سُهَيْلُ الْحَسَنِ
Other name(s)	Al-Nimr ('the Tiger')
Born	10 June 1970; Beit Ana, Jableh, Latakia, Syria
Allegiance	Syria
Service/branch	Syrian Arab Army
Years of service	1991–present
Rank	Major General
Commands held	25th Special Mission Forces Division
Battles/wars	Syrian civil war Battle of Aleppo; Operation Northern Storm; Operation Canopus Star; Kuweires offensive; East Aleppo offensive; 2016 Aleppo summer campaign; 2012 Hama offensive; First Battle of the Shaer gas field; Second Battle of the Shaer gas field; Second siege of Wadi Deif; 2014 Hama offensive; 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive; Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) (WIA); 2016 Khanasir offensive; Palmyra offensive (March 2016); Palmyra offensive (2017); East Aleppo offensive (January–April 2017); Maskanah Plains offensive; Central Syrian campaign; Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018); Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018); Eastern Qalamoun offensive (April 2018); 2018 Southern Syria offensive; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019); Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020); Operation Spring Shield; ;
Awards	Order of Civil Merit ; Order of Bravery ; Order of Friendship (Russia)

Suhayl al-Hasan (Arabic: سُهَيْلُ الْحَسَنِ, romanized: Suhayl al-Ḥasan; born 10 June 1970) is a Syrian Army major general, currently serving as commander of its elite 25th Special Mission Forces Division. He graduated from the Syrian Arab Air Force academy in 1991, and served in many units of the Syrian Arab Air Forces and Air Defence Command, completing several training courses. After serving in the Syrian Arab Air Force and Syrian Arab Air Defence units, he joined the Air Force Intelligence service, where he was responsible for the training of the elements of the Special Operations Section. During the Syrian civil war, al-Hasan has served and commanded his troops during several major engagements, including Operation Canopus Star and the battle for the Shaer gas field. He is part of the new generation of field Syrian army commanders who emerged during the civil war. French newspaper Le Monde has claimed he could be a rival to Assad as leader of Syria.

Al-Hasan was described by analysts as preferring Russia (as opposed to Iran) to serve as the Syrian Government's main ally during the Syrian civil war and subsequent post-war reconstruction. His position is contrasted by Maher al-Assad, brother of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and head of Syria's Republican Guard and 4th Armoured Division, who is reported as preferring Iran.

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