MILITARY PERSONNEL

Riad al-Asaad

1961 - Today

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Riad Mousa al-Asaad (Arabic: رياض موسى الأسعد, pronounced [riˈjɑːdˤ ˈmuːsa lˈʔæsʕæd]; born 2 February 1961) is a Syrian military officer and politician who is the founding leader of the Free Syrian Army. One of the prominent faces of the Syrian Civil War, he led the armed resistance to the Assad regime as commander-in-chief of FSA, during the early phase of the Syrian Civil War. Under Riad al-Asaad's command, FSA expanded into a paramilitary force of 75,000 guerilla fighters and insurgents in March 2012; capable of ousting regime forces from Damascus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riad al-Asaad has received more than 357,136 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Riad al-Asaad is the 1,841st most popular military personnel (down from 1,399th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Syria (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Riad al-Asaad ranks 1,841 out of 2,058. Before him are Israel Putnam, Kliment Boyadzhiev, Billy Bishop, Frederick C. Weyand, Márcio Melo, and Reginald Wingate. After him are Reginald Dyer, Thomas Picton, Musa Gareyev, John André, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, and Volodymyr Pravyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Riad al-Asaad ranks 281. Before him are Manuel Merino, Curt Smith, João Pinto, Saskia Esken, Rune Bratseth, and Eric van de Poele. After him are Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Yuri Milner, Jon Ola Sand, Abderrahmane Sissako, Laurent Cantet, and Stefan Ruzowitzky.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Riad al-Asaad ranks 169 out of 210. Before him are Burhan Ghalioun (1945), George Wassouf (1961), Ali Farzat (1951), Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903), Bushra al-Assad (1960), and Youssef Absi (1946). After him are Issam Zahreddine (1961), Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977), Assala Nasri (1969), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), Adel Safar (1953), and Maximos IV Sayegh (1878).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Syria

Among military personnels born in Syria, Riad al-Asaad ranks 2. Before him are Maher al-Assad (1967). After him are Issam Zahreddine (1961), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Rojda Felat (1980), and Asia Ramazan Antar (1997).

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