Jamil Hassan

Jamil Hassan (جميل حسن) was the head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate and a former close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad. He is reported to be under house arrest.

Career
Hassan was appointed head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate in 2009.

Sanctions
Hassan was sanctioned by the European Union on 9 May 2011. He was added to the European Union's sanction list on the grounds that he "involved in violence against the civilian population" during the Syrian civil war. On 29 June 2011, the United States also sanctioned him due to his involvement in human rights abuses in Syria.

Reports of assassination
According to Free Syrian Army reports he was assassinated on 26 August 2012 by an aide, who was an operative of the Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade. However, Al Dunya, a pro-government TV channel, denied this report the same day.

Hassan gave an interview for The Independent in November 2016, proving the claims of his death false. He stated that the tactics used in the 1982 Hama revolt would have ended the Syrian Civil War much faster.

Germany
In June 2018 German news magazine Der Spiegel reported, that Germany's chief federal prosecutor has issued an international arrest warrant against Hassan because of charges of crimes against humanity.

France
In November 2018, French prosecutors issued international arrest warrants for three senior Syrian intelligence and government officials: Ali Mamlouk, Abdel Salam Mahmoud and Jamil Hassan. The warrants bring charges including collusion in torture, forced disappearances, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Four days of hearings at the Paris Cour d'assises started on 21 May 2024, accusing the three men of involvement in the disappearance, torture and killing of two French citizens between 2013 and 2017. Hassan was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia on May 25.