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Place of Birth: Deir ez-Zor, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
About Jassem Alwan
- Jassem Alwan (Arabic: ???? ??????; given name also spelled Jasim) (born 4 July 1928 – died 3 January 2018 in Cairo) was a prominent colonel in the Syrian Army, particularly during the period of the United Arab Republic (UAR) (1958–1961) when he served as the Commander of the Qatana Base near Damascus.
- Alwan, a staunch supporter of UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser, opposed Syria's secession from the union in 1961, leading two failed coup attempts to overthrow the secessionist government in 1962.
- He participated in the Baathist-led 8 March coup that toppled President Nazim al-Qudsi in 1963, but after a Baathist attempt to purge Nasserist officers from the military, Alwan led an insurrection against the new government.
- It failed, and resulted in Alwan's imprisonment and sentencing to death until he was released in 1964 upon the intervention of Nasser and other Arab presidents.
- Alwan's aborted counter-coup was a significant episode leading to the deterioration of ties between the governments of Egypt and Syria.
- From then on, Alwan lived in Egypt where he continued his activism against the Baathist government until he returned to Syria in 2005.
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