Jamil Hassan

Jamil Hassan
جميل حسن
Director of Air Force Intelligence Directorate
In office
1 July 2009 – 7 July 2019
Preceded byAbdul Fattah Qudsiyeh
Succeeded byGhassan Ismail
Deputy Director of General Intelligence Directorate
In office
2004–2009
Personal details
BornFebruary 1952 (age 74)
Al-Qurniyah, Homs, Syria
PartyBa'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance Ba'athist Syria
Branch/service Syrian Air Force
Rank Major General
UnitSyrian Air Force
Battles/warsIslamist uprising in Syria
Syrian civil war
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Jamil Hassan (Arabic: جميل حسن) is the former head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate and a former close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad.

Hassan oversaw a network of detention facilities including the Mezzeh Prison where inmates were tortured.