Maher Al-Assad

Last known position: Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Armoured Division. Brother of Syrian President Bashar AL ASSAD. Passport No.: 4138.

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of ‘colonel’ and the equivalent or higher in post after May 2011; Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army's 4th Armoured Division. Member of the Assad family; brother of President Bashar Al-Assad.

Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army’s 4th Armoured Division

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Colonel and the equivalent or higher in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime; Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army’s 4th Armoured Division under the former al-Assad regime. Member of the Assad family; brother of former President Bashar al-Assad.

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of ‘colonel’ and the equivalent or higher in post after May 2011; Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army's 4th Armoured Division. Member of the Assad family; brother of President Bashar Al-Assad.

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Colonel and the equivalent or higher in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime; Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army’s 4th Armoured Division under the former al-Assad regime. Member of the Assad family; brother of former President Bashar al-Assad.

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of ‘colonel’ and the equivalent or higher in post after May 2011; Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army's 4th Armoured Division. Member of the Assad family; brother of President Bashar Al-Assad.

Membre des forces armées de la Syrie ayant le rang de colonel ou équivalent ou un grade supérieur, en poste après mai 2011 sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad; général de division de la 42e brigade et ancien commandant de brigade de la 4e division blindée de l’armée sous l’ancien régime d’al-Assad. Membre de la famille Assad; frère de l’ancien président Bashar al-Assad.

Disqualified

Brother of Basher Al Assad and first cousin of Rami Makhlouf. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Brother of Basher Al Assad and first cousin of Rami Makhlouf.

アサド大統領の弟

N° Passeport : 4138 : Passeport diplomatique

ضابط برتبة لواء ركن في الجيش العربي السوري. بعد نيله للشهادة الثانوية درس الهندسة الميكانيكية في جامعة دمشق، وبعد تخرجه التحق بالكلية الحربية وتخرج منها برتبة ملازم أول مهندس قيادي. وهو قائد الفرقة الرابعة دبابات أي سرايا الدفاع سابقًا المتمركزة في معضمية الشام وأوتوستراد بيروت–دمشق وعضو اللجنة المركزية لحزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي. عزله بشار الأسد من قيادة الحرس الجمهوري في ٢٠١٧. صدر في يونيو 2017 قرار بترقية ماهر الأسد من رتبة عميد ركن إلى لواء ركن في الجيش. كان القائد غير الرسمي للفرقة الرابعة حتى شهر نيسان من عام 2018 حيث عُين قائداً للفرقة الرابعة دبابات في الجيش السوري. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 29/04/2011. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 09/05/2011 شملته العقوبات البريطانيه في 26/03/2012

Maher al-Assad is a general in the Syrian Arab Army. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Damascus then joined the military school, where he graduated as first lieutenant and chief engineer. He is the commander of the Fourth Armored Division, formerly a component of the Defense Companies, which had been stationed on the Beirut-Damascus highway. Maher is also a member of the Socialist Arab Baath Party’s Central Committee. Bashar al-Assad relieved Maher of his command of the Republican Guard in 2017. In June of that year a decision was made to promote Maher from the rank of brigadier general to major general. He was the de facto commander of Fourth Armored Division of the Syrian Arab Army until April of 2018, when he was formally appointed as commander of the Division. US sanctions were imposed on Maher al-Assad on 29 April 2011, and EU sanctions were imposed on 9 May 2011.

(also MAHIR AL-ASAD, MAHER ASSAD)

(also MAHIR AL-ASAD, MAHAR ASSAD)

(also MAHER ASSAD, MAHAR ASSAD)

Syrian general and commander of the Republican Guard