Riad al-Asaad

Riad al - Asaad (Arabic رياض موسى الأسعد, DMG Riyad Musa al-As ʿ ad; * 1961 ) is a retired engineer and a colonel in the Syrian Air Force.

On 29 July 2011 he gave along with former officers of the Syrian army, the creation of the Free Syrian Army announced that he throws the rebels freed from the regions of Syria.

Al - Asaad is Sunni. His family, like many families of rebel leaders, was executed according to the UN by government troops on the orders of President Bashar al -Assad in-house.

On March 24, 2013 al - Asaad was ez ​​-Zor seriously injured in the province of Deir by an explosion.