Latakia Governorate
Governorate in Syria
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| 2024 | After the fall of the Assad regime, al-Hasan went into hiding and began leading the Ba'athist insurgency in western Syria. |
| April 9 2024 | Appointed as Commander of the Special Forces of the Syrian Arab Army. |
| December 31 2022 | Promoted to major general. |
| March 4 2020 | Suhayl al-Hasan was targeted and reportedly wounded by a Turkish drone strike near Saraqib during Operation Spring Shield, as claimed by Turkish sources. |
| 2015 | Experienced a personal defeat during the second siege of Wadi Deif, and his Tiger forces failed to break opposition force's lines when dispatched to Idlib to counter opposition offensives. |
| 2015 | French newspaper Le Monde mentioned al-Hasan as a potential rival to Assad as leader of Syria. |
| December 25 2015 | Allegedly promoted from colonel to brigadier general, though his rank was disputed. |
| November 11 2015 | Al-Hassan successfully broke the siege of Kuweires airport after a one-month offensive, closing a 10 km gap between army positions and the airbase. |
| October 2015 | Al-Hassan and his Tiger forces began advancing on Kweires, systematically seizing villages towards the airport. |
| September 2015 | Syrian army initiated a military operation to retake positions near Kweires. |
| August 7 2015 | Suhayl al-Hasan was wounded in a rebel mortar attack on a government military camp during the Al-Ghab offensive. |
| June 13 2015 | One of Suhayl al-Hasan's bodyguards was killed by sniper fire during the military operations in Idlib Governorate. |
| April 2015 | Suhayl al-Hasan was at the front lines in Idlib Governorate fighting against a massive rebel assault on Jisr al-Shughur. During this time, he made a desperate call to the Syrian Defence Minister requesting urgent ammunition supplies for his 800 men, indicating a critical military situation. |
| 2014 | First major media appearance in a video filmed by pro-government Sama TV, showing Hassan visiting troops at the front in Aleppo. |
| 2014 | Islamic State captured rebel territory east of Aleppo and subsequently besieged Kuweires airport. |
| November 2014 | Suhayl al-Hasan participated in a military operation to retake the Shaer gas field from the Islamic State jihadists in the Homs desert region, after the field had been seized by ISIS at the end of the previous month. |
| October 2014 | Al-Hasan's forces retake the strategic town of Morek, which the Syrian army had failed to capture during previous 10-month attempts. |
| September 2014 | Syrian troops under al-Hasan's command reverse rebel gains, recapturing Helfaya and putting heavy pressure on rebel strongholds of Lataminah and Kafr Zita. |
| August 2014 | Al-Hasan arrives in Hama governorate with elite troops, quickly taking control of Arzah, Khittab, and its base, and stopping the jihadist attack on Mhardeh. |
| July 2014 | Colonel Suhayl al-Hasan is assigned to lead military operations in Hama Governorate to counter the al-Nusra Front offensive, which threatened Hama city, Hama Military Airport, and the Christian city of Mhardeh. |
| July 4 2014 | Completed the takeover of the Sheikh Najjar industrial city by the Syrian Army, ending a months-long battle. |
| May 22 2014 | Syrian troops led by al-Hassan relieved the Aleppo central prison, which had been besieged by rebels and jihadists for over a year. This symbolic victory closed another rebel supply road and positioned Syrian troops to potentially besiege eastern Aleppo. |
| January 2014 | Began the battle for the Aleppo industrial city (Sheikh Najjar), a heavily fortified rebel position with extensive tunnel networks and weapons factories. |
| 2013 | Led the front against Al-Qaeda's Al-Nusra Front on the outskirts of Latakia, achieving significant military success. |
| 2013 | Kuweires military airport in east Aleppo countryside was first besieged by rebel groups. |
| December 2013 | al-Hassan and his troops solidified control around Aleppo airport by capturing Base 80 and Naqqarin, positioning themselves to attack the industrial city. |
| October 3 2013 | After a week-long battle, the Syrian army successfully retook control of Khanasir, with al-Hassan's forces breaking the rebel siege of Aleppo by capturing over 40 villages and advancing 250 km into rebel lines. |
| September 2013 | Tasked by Central Command with a special project to train and lead a new Special Forces unit designed primarily for offensive operations. He personally selected soldiers to form the Tiger Forces, including his close companion Captain Lu'ayy Al-Sleitan. |
| August 2013 | Suhayl al-Hasan led a Syrian army counterattack to retake the strategically important city of Ariha in Idlib governorate from rebels. Despite initial rebel control, the Syrian army, supported by heavy airstrikes, successfully expelled the rebels after a 10-day battle. |
| August 26 2013 | Rebels captured the strategic town of Khanasir, cutting the government's last land supply route to Aleppo. al-Hassan was tasked with reopening the road and led a military convoy from Hama. |
| 2011 | Colonel al-Hasan was transferred to the Syrian Arab Army's (SAA) Special Forces (Qawat Al-Khassa). |
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