Ali Duba
Ali Duba | |
|---|---|
علي دوبا | |
Ali Duba in 1970s (On the left) | |
| Director of Military Intelligence Directorate | |
| In office 1973–2000 | |
| President | Hafez al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Hikmat al-Shihabi |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Khalil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ali Issa Ibrahim Douba 1933 |
| Died | (aged 89) Latakia, Syria |
| Party | Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Second Syrian Republic (1955–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) Ba'athist Syria (1963–2000) |
| Years of service | 1955–2000 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Military Intelligence |
| Battles/wars | Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Lebanese civil war Islamist uprising in Syria |
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend". Replace with "term_end".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart". Replace with "term_start".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "serviceyears". Replace with "service_years".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.
Ali Issa Ibrahim Duba (Arabic: علي عيسى ابراهيم دوبا, 1933 – 21 June 2023), better known as Ali Douba, was a Syrian military officer who was the head of the Military Intelligence Directorate under Hafez al-Assad as well as his close adviser. Under Douba’s leadership, the Military Intelligence Directorate was the most important security agency in Syria, responsible for maintaining security within the army and safeguarding the regime.