serviceyears branch allegiance blankname birth_date term_end commands term_start rank namedata name predecessor birth_place president unit party office successor religion primeminister article_title
1971 - syrian arab army syria defense minister 17 january 1950 18 july 2012 special forces operations staff 18 8 august 2011 july 2012 23 june 2012 18 july 2012 30px colonel general dawoud rajiha fahd jassem al-freij dawoud rajiha abdullah al-dardari dawoud rajiha dawoud rajiha hama , syria bashar al-assad bashar al-assad armoured corps syrian regional branch of the arab socialist ba'ath party deputy deputy prime minister of syria minister of defense chief of commander-in-chief the general staff of the army and the armed forces of the army and the armed forces ali abdullah ayyoub islam , sunni riyad wael nader al-halqi farid hijab wael nader al-halqi riyad farid hijab fahd jassem al-freij

fahd jassem al-freij

fahd jassem al-freij -lrb- arabic : فهد جاسم الفريج -rrb- -lrb- born 1 january 1950 -rrb- is the minister of defense of syria , taking office on 18 july 2012 .
