Haydar al-Kuzbari ( ar, حيدر الكزبري, 1920–1996) was a Syrian lieutenant colonel who took part in the
1961 Syrian coup d'état
The Syrian coup d'état of 1961 was an uprising by disgruntled Syrian Army officers on 28 September 1961, that resulted in the break-up of the United Arab Republic and the restoration of an independent Syrian Republic.
While the army had all t ...
that led to the dissolution of the
United Arab Republic
The United Arab Republic (UAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1971. It was initially a political union between Eg ...
. He was once offered from Saudi Arabia to be the general of Saudi Arabia but rejected the offer and remained the general of Syria. At one time he was a good friend of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
See also
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Maamun al-Kuzbari
External links
Syrian History PicturesProfile
1920 births
1996 deaths
Syrian military personnel
People from Damascus
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