and returned to Damascus. Retiring from politics, he later died in the Harasta Military Hospital at the age of 67 years old, on April 29, 1972. References Sami Moubayed "Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900–2000" (Cune Press, Seattle, 2005). George Fares (1957), Who Are in the Arab World, 316 , Damascus 1905 births 1972 deaths Presidents of Syria Prime Ministers of Syria Syrian ministers of defense People sentenced to death in absentia Syrian exiles Chiefs of Staff of the Syrian Army Homs Military Academy alumni 20th-century Syrian politicians Syrian Freemasons