# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-haydar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:03:00.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-haydar"
name: "Ali Haydar"
slug: "ali-haydar"
description: "Ali Haydar, known as the \"Father of the Syrian Special Forces\", was a Syrian military officer who was the commander of the Syrian Special Forces for 26 years. He was a close confidant to President Hafez al-Assad and one of the members of Assad's inner circle. Born in the village of Hallet Ara, Haydar was a member of the Ba'ath Party from his youth. He was commissioned into the Syrian Army in 1952 after a stint studying at the Homs Military Academy. After the Ba'ath Party seized power in a 1963 coup d'état, Haydar was put in charge of Syria's special forces and supported al-Assad in his rise to the presidency. During this time he was deployed to Lebanon during their civil war. Haydar opposed the 1984 coup d'état attempt led by Rifaat al-Assad, instead remaining loyal to Hafez al-Assad. After suffering an aneurysm and leaving his post in 1988, he returned to lead the special forces again in the early 1990s. At the time a Major General, he was formally removed from his position and then imprisoned in August 1994, though he was treated well during his brief prison stay and was released without a trial or public humiliation. Haydar died in Latakia at the age of 90."
tagline: "Former commander of Syrian Special Forces"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Syrian_military_officer_Ali_Haydar.jpg/330px-Syrian_military_officer_Ali_Haydar.jpg"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1932"
deathDate: "2022-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.22
  momentum:             5.956678700361009
  historical:           7.245864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Haydar_(Syrian_army_officer)"
    title: "Ali Haydar (Syrian army officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1_(%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A)"
    title: "علي حيدر (عسكري)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "علی حیدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Haidar_(General)"
    title: "Ali Haidar (General)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Haydar_(Syrian_army_officer)"
    title: "Ali Haydar (Syrian army officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1_(%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87)"
    title: "علی حیدر (افسر ارتش سوریه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A8"
    title: "עלי חיידר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Hajdar"
    title: "Ali Hajdar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14870138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump