serviceyears branch commands relations birth_place allegiance battles native_name rank article_title name
1959 - june 2005 syrian arab army 3rd division damascus army garrison hafez al-assad -lrb- cousin -rrb- ayb al-arus , jableh , syria syria lebanese civil war شفيق الفياض 30pxmajor general shafiq fayadh
 shafiq al-fayadh
shafiq fayadh

shafiq al-fayadh -lrb- -rrb- was the commander of the syrian 3rd division and a close adviser to president hafez al-assad .
he was also one of the members of his close circle .
