Bashar al-Assad and his media advisor, Luna al-Shibl, are eager to search for occasions to appear in the media, especially after a farcical victory in fraudulent and scandalous elections exposed by supporters before opponents and rejected by most countries of the world. The Russians and the Iranians controlled everything.
All he did was to open the warehouse of his father Hafez, and he began distributing the highest medals of heroism to those who survived, the last of whom was retired Major General Ali Aslan, the former chief of staff of his army; The Assadi hero honored with the Syrian Order of Merit of the Excellent Class, so they took pictures and videos, and his media began spreading the characteristics of heroism, especially those he fought against the Israeli enemy, claiming that Aslan is an "exceptional and noble leader and a model of patriotism and honest and responsible work."
Not only that, but he also said about him that "he wrote many important military books that are being taught today and developed many military theories that proved their usefulness during the battles waged by the Syrian Arab Army against the Israeli enemy and against terrorism," according to his allegations.
However, these words provoked many who were eyewitnesses to the battles that Aslan led metaphorically, especially with Israel, in the 1973 war, when they told Orient historical events about the retired officer, which could be described at least as a "coward."
One of the enlisted officers who served with Ali Aslan told us details and events he experienced after Aslan took command of the Fifth Division, especially during the October 1973 war.
The aforementioned officer told Orient Net, after he asked not to be named because he lives in Assad-controlled areas: "Aslan received the commander of the Fifth Fighting Division on the front line with Israel shortly before the outbreak of the October war, and when the war broke out with Israel, it set out from the border line from the Nawa area in Daraa." At that time, Aslan ordered the advancing of the 12th Armored Brigade towards Tiberias to fall into the Israeli trap, so Aslan ordered to withdraw without any artillery or air coverage, which resulted in the destruction of the 12th Tank Brigade completely and only one tank returned from it and it is still present, and it became A statue they visit when celebrating what they call the victory of the October war.
Fear and escape from the bombing
The officer added that Aslan was known for his fear and cowardice among the officers at the time, and from one of the funny stories that prove this, the officer recounted that on one occasion the Israeli enemy army bombed the hill of the crowds, where the Fifth Division was stationed in Daraa. Hidden inside the earth (Blokos) and he remained for days hiding inside it and did not come out from the intensity of fear.
The dumbest military theory
In turn, the defected Brigadier General Asaad Al-Zoubi confirmed what the eyewitness had mentioned to Orient (the enlisted officer), and said after describing Aslan with the dumbest military theory: "Aslan is an officer who has nothing to do with heroism or military knowledge, and he was one of the most sectarian Alawi officers in the army."
Al-Zoubi (the son of the province of Daraa, where Aslan was serving during the October war) said that many of the officers who served with Aslan Rora have the story of the famous tank massacre that the enlisted officer talked about.
Al-Zoubi learned from the officers that the real military progress and actions in southern Syria (Daraa and the borders of the Golan) that took place in the October 1973 war, were led by General Abd al-Rahman al-Sayyad, while Aslan was the owner of the dumbest military plan that resulted in Israel destroying an entire brigade of tanks comprising about 120 tanks. ".
Al-Zoubi mentions the story, as told by officers who lived through those events, that when Aslan advanced towards the Rafid area on the border (a village in Quneitra overlooking the occupied Golan), there were few Israeli forces, so he pushed his forces without counting to clear the points behind him, and Israel’s plan was to let him advance until he reached a depth of 12 km It is the positioning of the second echelon of the brigade, and when Aslan learned that there was an Israeli advance in the northern sector of the front, he gave orders to withdraw without covering his forces, which made them vulnerable to MD and artillery fire in Tal Al Faras and Tal Rajm, which resulted in the destruction of more than 120 tanks. This is a complete armored brigade, of course. In addition to other vehicles.
Al-Zoubi pointed out that the destroyed tanks are still present today, west of Tal Ahmar, northwest of the Rafid area.
And about his military stupidity, Brigadier-General Al-Zoubi mentioned that Aslan invented the so-called close battle, which if it was carried out later, not one soldier would remain alive with him, and he also has a funny military theory called an attack on a retreating enemy, knowing that Israel has not carried out a single withdrawal for sixty years .
As for Aslan’s crimes, talking about them needs another report and perhaps reports, but it is sufficient to know that Assad’s media was the one who wrote about Aslan that he “contributed to confronting the Muslim Brotherhood groups in Syria and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, and he played the main role in the battle to unite Beirut in 1990.” .
Which means that he was a key partner in the massacres committed by Assad's militias at that time against the Syrians in Aleppo and Hama in particular under the pretext of fighting what he calls the Muslim Brotherhood gang. Many, many.
Aslan, 88 years old, hails from Lattakia Governorate and joined the Military College in 1952. The father handed him several positions, including the commander of the Fifth Division in Daraa during the October War and the commander of Assad’s forces in Lebanon in the nineties. He also handed him the position of Chief of General Staff in Syria, then " Adviser in the Presidency of the Republic" from 2003 until today.
Aslan was one of the main figures who secured the transfer of power to Bashar al-Assad after the death of Hafez al-Assad in 2000, according to what was reported by "Platform with Justice", in a detailed report on the crimes and atrocities of his son, "Major General Aws Aslan."