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| name = Shafiq al-Fayadh<br />
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| native_name = شفيق الفياض<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1937}}<br />
| birth_place = Ayb al-Arus, [[Jableh]], [[Syria]]<br />
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| branch = [[Syrian Arab Army]]<br />
| serviceyears = 1959 – June 2005<br />
| rank = [[File:Syria-Army-Fariq.svg|30px]] [[Lieutenant General]]<br />
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| commands = [[3rd Armoured Division (Syria)|3rd Division]]<br />Damascus Army Garrison<br />
| battles = [[Lebanese Civil War]]<br /><br />
[[Islamic Uprising in Syria]]<br /><br />
* [[Siege of Aleppo (1980)|Siege of Aleppo]]<br />
* [[Hama Massacre]]<br />
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'''Shafiq al-Fayadh''' (1937 – 8 October 2015) ({{lang-ar|شفيق الفياض}}) was the commander of the Syrian [[3rd Armoured Division (Syria)|3rd Division]] and a close adviser to President [[Hafez al-Assad]]. He was also one of the members of his close circle.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Fayadh was born in the village of Ayb al-Arus, near [[Jableh]], to an [[Alawite]] family of the prominent [[Kalbiyya]] clan. Other members of the clan include Fayadh's cousin, [[Hafez al-Assad]].<ref name="Silo">[http://news.silobreaker.com/biography-for-shafiq-fayyad-5_2259809214174068736_4 Biography for Shafiq Fayyad - silobreaker] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130728172137/http://news.silobreaker.com/biography-for-shafiq-fayyad-5_2259809214174068736_4 |date=2013-07-28 }}</ref><ref name=Bar_S.380/><br />
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His son ‘Ala is married to [[Al-Assad family#Rifaat al-Assad|Lamia]], the daughter of [[Rifaat al-Assad]].<ref name=Bar_S.380>{{cite journal|last=Bar|first=Shmuel|title=Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview|journal=Comparative Strategy|year=2006|volume=25|issue=5|page=380|url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2590Bashars.pdf|access-date=15 May 2011|doi=10.1080/01495930601105412|s2cid=154739379}}</ref> Another of his sons married into a Christian family, whilst another married into a Shiite family.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shibley |first1=Barnett |last2=Michael N. |first2=Telhami |title=Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3E8bv2J5tcC&dq=Shafiq+al+Fayyad&pg=PA146 |year=2002 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn= 9780801439407|page=148}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
The 3rd Division under Fayadh played an extremely important role for the government of [[Hafez al-Assad]]. The unit, under Fayadh, was one of the first to [[Syrian occupation of Lebanon|go into Lebanon]] in 1976. Fayadh played an important role during the [[Islamic uprising in Syria]], [[Siege of Aleppo (1980)|occupying Aleppo]] with the 3rd Division in 1980, and taking part in the [[Hama massacre]].<ref name="Syrian Unmasked p41">{{cite book |author=Middle East Watch |title=Syria Unmasked: The Suppression of Human Rights by the Asad Regime |url=https://archive.org/details/syriaunmasked00midd|url-access=registration |year=1991 |publisher= Yale University Press |location=New Haven & London |page=[https://archive.org/details/syriaunmasked00midd/page/41 41]}}</ref> The Division was deployed near Damascus, in order to protect the government against potential coups.<ref name="Syrian Unmasked p41"/><br />
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Fayadh was retired in June 2005 as part of a restructuring program of the Syrian Army designed to pave the way for the succession of the [[President of Syria|Presidency]] to [[Bashar al-Assad]] from [[Hafez al-Assad]].<ref name="Silo"/><ref name=f24>{{cite news|title=Assad Nudges Syria Closer To Peace Deal With Israel |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1994/0830/30021.html/(page)/1 |date=30 August 1994 |access-date=28 July 2013 |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor}}</ref>{{when|date=August 2016}}<!-- Basil? 2005? really? --><br />
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==Death==<br />
Fayadh died on 8 October 2015, suffering from illness.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.enabbaladi.net/archives/48163|title=العماد شفيق فياض توفي أمس.. ماذا تعرف عنه؟ |website=enabbaladi.net |language=ar |date=9 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1937 births]]<br />
[[Category:2015 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Assad family]]<br />
[[Category:People of the Islamic uprising in Syria]]<br />
[[Category:Syrian military personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Syrian Alawites]]<br />
[[Category:People from Latakia Governorate]]<br />
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