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Hafez Mohamad Makhlouf (Arabic: حافظ مخلوف; born 2 April 1971), also known as Hafez Makhlouf, is a Syrian brigadier general and intelligence officer who headed the Damascus branch of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate. He was a member of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's inner circle of close supporters.[1][2][3]
^"Bashar al-Assad's inner circle". BBC News. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017.
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^"By All Means Necessary!" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. December 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
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