Wafiq Nasser

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Wafiq Nasser
Chief of Military Intelligence in Suwayda
In office
October 2011 [1]  –2018 [2]

Wafiq Nasser is a Syrian former intelligence officer who served as the regional head of the Military Intelligence Directorate in various governorates from 2011 until 2023.

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Career

He served as a colonel in the Republican Guard in the early years of the Syrian Civil War and took part in raids on Daraa. [3]

Nasser was the Chief of Military Intelligence in Suwayda from October 2011 [1] until 2018. [2]

He was appointed the head of the Security Committee in southern Syria, which he headed from 2012 until 2017. [2]

Nasser and the Military Intelligence Directorate were given control of Aleppo in April 2022, following the failure of the General Intelligence Directorate to retain control. [4]

He was forced into retirement in January 2023. [5]

Sanctions

The United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned him in July 2021. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Karam Mansour (26 March 2024). "How Suwayda became a drug-smuggling hub". Syria Direct . Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 ""من السويداء إلى حماة ثم حلب".. وفيق ناصر جوكر مخابرات أسد". Orient News (in Arabic). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Wafiq Nasser". Pro-Justice. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Aleppo: Military Security takes charge of "security chaos" control". Enab Baladi . 18 April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  5. ↑ William Christou (5 January 2023). "Syrian general who committed war crimes forced to retire by regime". The New Arab . Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Treasury Sanctions Syrian Regime Prisons, Officials, and Syrian Armed Group". United States Department of the Treasury . 28 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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