Jamal Al-Faisal
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Jamal al-Faisal (1915 – 28 September 1995) was a Syrian military officer who played a significant role during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He served as the Chief of Staff of the
Syrian Army The Syrian Army is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. Up until the fall of the Assad regime, the Syrian Arab Army existed as a land force branch of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, which dominanted the military service of the fo ...
in 1959, succeeding Lieutenant General
Afif al-Bizri Afif al-Bizri () (1914 – 28 January 1994) was a Syrian career military officer who served as the chief of staff of the Syrian Army between 1957–1959. He was known for his communist sympathies, and for spearheading the union movement between ...
. He was born in Homs to a father who was a merchant and mosque imam, and a mother from the influential Haraki family in
Maarat al-Numan Maarat al-Numan (), also known as al-Ma'arra, is a city in northwestern Syria, south of Idlib and north of Hama, with a population of about 58,008 before the Civil War (2004 census). In 2017, it was estimated to have a population of 80,000, inc ...
. He was promoted to the rank of General in February 1959.
/ref> Al-Faisal strongly opposed the dissolution of the union between Syria and Egypt and refused to join its ranks, declaring his absolute loyalty to the union and its president. He was retired in 1961 and wrote his memoirs. During his tenure, al-Faisal was appointed as the commander of the First Army, a position he held from 1958 to 1961. The UAR dissolved following a 1961 Syrian coup d'état, coup d'état in Syria on September 28, 1961, which led to Syria's secession from the union. After the secession coup, he traveled with Field Marshal
Abdel Hakim Amer Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer (, ; 11 December 1919 – 13 September 1967), better known as Abdel Hakim Amer, was an Egyptian military officer and politician. Amer served in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and played a leading role in the military ...
to Cairo and came back three months later, where he was met with legal charges.


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The Secession in the Memoirs of General Jamal Al-Faisal
{{SyrianArmyChiefsOfStaff 1915 births 1995 deaths People from Homs Chiefs of staff of the Syrian Army Syrian generals Homs Military Academy alumni