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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Riad al-Asaad

1961 - Today

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Riad Mousa al-Asaad (Arabic pronunciation: [rijɑːdˤ muːsa ɐlʔæsʕæd]; Arabic: رياض موسى الأسعد, born 2 February 1961) is a Syrian military commander, 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 guerillas 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 266,959 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Riad al-Asaad is the 1,400th most popular military personnel (down from 1,258th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Syria (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Military Personnel.

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  • 48.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Riad al-Asaad ranks 1,400 out of 1,468Before him are Anthony McAuliffe, George Pickett, Leo of Tripoli, Nikolai Ruzsky, Yevgeniya Rudneva, and Antonio Luna. After him are Dmitry Lavrinenko, Nadezhda Popova, Alan Cunningham, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, and Edward Braddock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Riad al-Asaad ranks 163Before him are Alemão, Masamune Shirow, Katherine Kelly Lang, Kōichi Yamadera, Peter Machajdík, and Roland Orzabal. After him are Anthony Wong, Jörg Meuthen, Martina Gedeck, Wynton Marsalis, Jeremy Northam, and Lawrence Lessig.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Riad al-Asaad ranks 132 out of 181Before him are Ghada al-Samman (1942), Maher al-Assad (1967), Philipp Stamma (1705), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), and Khalid Bakdash (1912). After him are Émile Eddé (1883), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), Jacob of Edessa (633), Rafik Schami (1946), Maryana Marrash (1848), and Najah al-Attar (1933).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Syria

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

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