# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/riad-al-asaad
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:29:08.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/riad-al-asaad"
name: "Riad al-Asaad"
slug: "riad-al-asaad"
description: "Riad Mousa al-As'aad 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. He currently serves as the deputy prime minister for Military Affairs of the Syrian Salvation Government, a position he has held since 2 November 2017. He was a former colonel in the Syrian Air Force who defected to the opposition in July 2011 and became the first Acting Commander-in-chief of the Free Syrian Army."
tagline: "Syrian military officer and politician (born 1961)"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.396236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/riyadhalasaad"
    handle:    "riyadhalasaad"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8634726/"
    handle:    "nm8634726"
sources:
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    title: "里亚德·阿萨德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رياض الأسعد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Riad al-Asaad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riad_al-Asaad"
    title: "Riad al-Asaad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riad_al-Asaad"
    title: "Riad al-Asaad"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Riyaḍ al-Asʿad"
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    title: "Rijad al-Asad"
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    title: "Riyad Esad"
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    title: "Ріад аль-Асаад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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