Ali Abdullah Ayyoub | |
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علي عبد الله أيوب | |
 Ayyoub in 2020 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Syria | |
| In office 30 August 2020 – 28 April 2022 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Hussein Arnous |
| Preceded by | Walid Muallem |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 17thMinister of Defense | |
| In office 1 January 2018 – 28 April 2022 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Imad Khamis Hussein Arnous |
| Preceded by | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
| Succeeded by | Ali Mahmoud Abbas |
| Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces | |
| In office 18 July 2012 – 1 January 2018 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Defense Minister | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
| Preceded by | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
| Succeeded by | Salim Harba |
| Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces | |
| In office September 2011 – 18 July 2012 | |
| Defense Minister | Dawoud Rajiha |
| Chief of Staff | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
| Preceded by | Bassam Najm el-Din Antakiali |
| Member of theCentral Committee of theBa'ath Party | |
| In office 4 May 2024 – 11 December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1952-04-28)28 April 1952 (age 73) |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ba'athist Syria |
| Branch/service |  Syrian Arab Army |
| Years of service | 1972–2022 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
| Unit | 14th Engineering Battalion |
| Commands | Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff 1st Corps 5th Armoured Division 112th Mechanized Brigade |
| Battles/wars | |
Lieutenant GeneralAli Abdullah Ayyoub (Arabic:علي عبد الله أيوب,romanized: ʿAlī ʿAbd Allāh Ayyūb; born 28 April 1952)[1] is a Syrian former military officer and politician. He served as theDeputy Prime Minister of Syria from 2020 to 2022, and was theMinister of Defense and was personally appointed bySyrian PresidentBashar al-Assad on 1 January 2018.[2] Ayyoub has a long experience in commanding manoeuvre formations and is also recognized as a specialist in land warfare.
In October 2023, French prosecutors at theJudicial Court of Paris charged Ali Ayyoub and his predecessorFahd Al-Freij for their culpability in abarrel bomb in southwestern Syrian city ofDaraa that killed French-Syrian national Salah Abou Nabout at his home in 2017.[5]
Asal-Assad regime collapsed in December 2024, Ayyoub was among several senior officials who fled the country. He joinedAli Abbas andQahtan Khalil aboard a Syrian AirYak-40 jet that departed the military section ofDamascus International Airport for the Russian-controlledHmeimim Air Base, from where they were later flown to Moscow under Russian military protection.[6]
| Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920) | |
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| French Mandate of Syria (1920–1946)1 |  |
| First andSecond Syrian Republic (1946–1958) | |
| United Arab Republic (1958–1961) | %2c_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%25E2%2580%25932024).svg) |
| Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) | .svg) |
| Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024) | |
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1 The post was established in 1932. | |
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