Ali Mahmoud (military officer)

{{Expand Portuguese|date=January 2025}}{{More citations needed|date=January 2025}}{{Short description|Syrian military officer (died 2024)}}

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| name = Ali Mahmoud

| native_name = علي محمود

| death_date = 9 December 2024

| death_place = Damascus, Syria

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Ali Mahmoud ({{langx|ar|علي محمود}}; died 9 December 2024) was a Syrian lieutenant general in the Syrian Army.

Mahmoud served as office manager for Maher al-Assad.{{Cite web |last=السوري |first=المرصد |date=2024-12-08 |title=في ظرف مجهول.. مقتل لواء مقرب من ماهر الأسد في مكتبه في ريف دمشق {{!}} المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B8%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3/739991/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |language=ar}} On 9 December 2024 he was found shot dead in his office in Damascus.{{cn|date=December 2024}} He is considered{{By whom|date=December 2024}} the highest-ranking Syrian officer to have been killed in the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives which led to the fall of the Assad regime.{{cn|date=December 2024}}