MILITARY PERSONNEL

Issam Zahreddine

1961 - 2017

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Issam Jad'aan Zahreddine (Arabic: عِصَام جَدْعَان زَهْر الدِّين, romanized: ʿIṣām Jadʿān Zahr ad-Dīn, 9 September 1961 – 18 October 2017; also transliterated as Zaher Eldin or Zaher al-Deen) was a Syrian military officer and former commander of the Syrian Republican Guard. He played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian government forces on several fronts. His most prominent role was the leadership of the surrounded Syrian forces during the over three-year long siege of Deir ez-Zor. On 18 October 2017, Zahreddine was killed by a land mine explosion during operations against the Islamic State on Saqr island in Deir ez-Zor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Issam Zahreddine is the 1,727th most popular military personnel (up from 1,853rd in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Syria (up from 170th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Syrian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Issam Zahreddine ranks 1,727 out of 2,058. Before him are Alfons Rebane, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Honoré Charles Reille, Walther Reinhardt, James Jesus Angleton, and Gustaf Dyrssen. After him are Andrei Sukhovetsky, Dragan Vasiljković, Gérard Leman, Ruben Lagus, Nazım Pasha, and Tom Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Issam Zahreddine ranks 232. Before him are Paolo Barilla, Mike Lindell, Rob Hall, Mark Phillips, Yutaka Ikeuchi, and Lars Olsen. After him are Jon Ola Sand, Shane Black, Fiona Graham, João Pinto, Fatou Bensouda, and Corey Johnson. Among people deceased in 2017, Issam Zahreddine ranks 343. Before him are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Roberto Ferreiro, Om Puri, John Abercrombie, Wu Wenjun, and Robert Guillaume. After him are Eduard Mudrik, Jean Vuarnet, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Sue Grafton, Eugene Garfield, and Tankred Dorst.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Issam Zahreddine ranks 167 out of 210. Before him are Francis Marrash (1837), Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954), Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (1867), Burhan Ghalioun (1945), Rezin (null), and Nazik al-Abid (1898). After him are Ameen Rihani (1876), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi (920), Zakaria Tamer (1931), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), and George Wassouf (1961).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Syria

Among military personnels born in Syria, Issam Zahreddine ranks 3. Before him are Maher al-Assad (1967), and Riad al-Asaad (1961). After him are Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Rojda Felat (1980), and Asia Ramazan Antar (1997).

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