Tawfiq Younes

{{Short description|Former Syrian Intelligence chief}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

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| name = Tawfiq Younes

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| office = Head of the Internal Branch (251), General Intelligence Directorate

| president = Bashar al-Assad

| primeminister = Adel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Wael Nader al-Halqi

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| term_start = 2011

| term_end = 2016

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| birth_place = Tartus, Syria

| party = Ba'ath Party

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| nationality = Syrian

| allegiance = {{flag|Ba'athist Syria}}

| branch = 20px Syrian Arab Army

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| rank = 30px Major General

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| native_name = توفيق يونس

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Tawfiq Younes ({{langx|ar|توفيق يونس}}), also known as Tawfik Yunes, is a retired Major General who was head of the internal branch of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID), also known as Branch 251 from 2011 to 2016.{{Cite web |title=Tawfiq Younes |url=https://blacklist.pro-justice.org/criminal/tawfiq-younes/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=Pro Justice |language=en-GB}} In 2011, the European Union sanctioned him for "being involved in violence against the civilian population during the Syrian uprisings".{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0887:FIN:EN:HTML |journal=EuroLex |volume=52011PC0887 |access-date=10 March 2012}} He is also sanctioned by Britain and Canada.{{Cite web |date=19 May 2022 |title=Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury. Financial Sanctions Notice, Syria |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076660/Notice_Syria_190522.pdf}}