Canonical ID: NK-CoVCe2anZLv3u3vkoVb6Re
· Entity type: Person
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Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
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Person:notes | Position: Brigadier General | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-56615 | ||||
Person:notes | Saleh al-Abdullah is the commander of the 16th Brigade affiliated with the command of Russian forces in Syria since 2020. He was previously the deputy of Brigadier General Suhail al-Hassan, in the 25th Division of the Syrian Army during the former al-Assad regime. He is involved in the recruitment of members of the 16th Brigade to fight in Ukraine alongside Russia. In this capacity, Saleh al-Abdullah is a member of the Syrian Armed Forces under the former al-Assad regime of the rank of “colonel” and the equivalent or higher in post after May 2011. | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-56615 |