Shafiq Fayadh

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| birth_place = Ayn al-Arus, Jableh, First Syrian Republic

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| commands = 3rd Division
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Shafiq al-Fayadh (1937 – 8 October 2015) ({{langx|ar|شفيق الفياض}}) was a Syrian military officer and former commander of the Syrian Army's 3rd Division and a close adviser to President Hafez al-Assad. He was also one of the members of his inner circle.

Early life

Fayadh was born in the village of Ayn al-Arus, near Jableh, to an Alawite family of the prominent Kalbiyya clan. Other members of the clan include Fayadh's cousin and former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad.[http://news.silobreaker.com/biography-for-shafiq-fayyad-5_2259809214174068736_4 Biography for Shafiq Fayyad - silobreaker] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130728172137/http://news.silobreaker.com/biography-for-shafiq-fayyad-5_2259809214174068736_4 |date=2013-07-28 }}

His son ‘Ala is married to Lamia, the daughter of Rifaat al-Assad.{{cite journal|last=Bar|first=Shmuel|title=Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview|journal=Comparative Strategy|year=2006|volume=25|issue=5|page=380|url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2590Bashars.pdf|access-date=15 May 2011|doi=10.1080/01495930601105412|s2cid=154739379}} Another of his sons married into a Christian family, whilst another married into a Shiite family.{{cite book |last1=Shibley |first1=Barnett |last2=Michael N. |first2=Telhami |title=Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3E8bv2J5tcC&dq=Shafiq+al+Fayyad&pg=PA146 |year=2002 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn= 9780801439407|page=148}}

Career

The 3rd Division under Fayadh played an extremely important role for the government of Hafez al-Assad. The unit, under Fayadh, was one of the first to go into Lebanon in 1976. Fayadh played an important role during the Islamic uprising in Syria, occupying Aleppo with the 3rd Division in 1980, and taking part in the Hama massacre.{{cite book |author=Middle East Watch |title=Syria Unmasked: The Suppression of Human Rights by the Asad Regime |url=https://archive.org/details/syriaunmasked00midd|url-access=registration |year=1991 |publisher= Yale University Press |location=New Haven & London |page=[https://archive.org/details/syriaunmasked00midd/page/41 41]}} The Division was deployed near Damascus, in order to protect the government against potential coups.

Fayadh was retired in June 2005 as part of a restructuring program of the Syrian Army, five years after Bashar al-Assad had succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president.{{cite news|title=Assad Nudges Syria Closer To Peace Deal With Israel |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1994/0830/30021.html/(page)/1 |date=30 August 1994 |access-date=28 July 2013 |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor}}{{when|date=August 2016}}

Death

Fayadh died on 8 October 2015, suffering from illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.enabbaladi.net/archives/48163|title=العماد شفيق فياض توفي أمس.. ماذا تعرف عنه؟ |website=enabbaladi.net |language=ar |date=9 October 2015 }}

References

Category:1937 births

Category:2015 deaths

Category:Assad family

Category:People of the Islamic uprising in Syria

Category:Syrian generals

Category:Syrian Alawites

Category:Syrian mass murderers

Category:People from Latakia Governorate