Mustafa Tlass

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Mustafa Tlass was a long-serving Syrian defense minister and close ally of Hafez al-Assad who played a key military and political role in Syria during the late 20th century.

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Mustafa Tlass canonical 2
Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass 1

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instanceOf Syrian politician
human
military officer
appointedBy Hafez al-Assad
burialPlace Al-Rastan
causeOfDeath heart failure
child Firas Tlass
Manaf Tlass
Nahed Ojjeh
Sarya Tlass
citizenship Syria
closeAllyOf Hafez al-Assad
countryOfBirth Syria
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1932-05-11
dateOfDeath 2017-06-27
educatedAt Homs Military Academy
Syrian Military Academy
era late 20th century Syrian politics
ethnicGroup Sunni Arab
familyName Tlass
fullName Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass
linked to: Mustafa Tlass
givenName Mustafa
influenced Syrian military policy under Hafez al-Assad
languageSpoken Arabic
leftOfficeReason retirement
memberOf Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
linked to: Ba'ath Party

Ba'ath Party
militaryBranch Syrian Arab Army
militaryRank General
notableWork Mirror of My Life
The Matzah of Zion
The Three Presidents
numberOfChildren 4
occupation author
military officer
politician
officeEndTime 2004-05
officeStartTime 1972-03-21
participatedIn 1967 Six-Day War
linked to: Six-Day War

1973 Yom Kippur War
linked to: Yom Kippur War
placeOfBirth Al-Rastan
placeOfDeath Paris
politicalAlignment pro-Assad
positionHeld Minister of Defense of Syria
religion Sunni Islam
roleInEvent Key military leader in Syrian intervention in Lebanon
spouse Lamya al-Jabiri
wroteAbout Arab-Israeli conflict
Syrian politics

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Yom Kippur War notableCommander Mustafa Tlass
Mustafa Tlass fullName Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass
linked to: Mustafa Tlass
Siege of Beirut notableCommander Mustafa Tlass