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Ghazi Kanaan

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1747: 379:, parts of which were already under Syrian military domination, he was assigned to head the Syrian intelligence in Lebanon in 1982. His term lasted for twenty years until 2002. However, Kanaan did not leave Lebanon until a ceremony was held by then Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri at the prime ministry on 9 October 2003, and when Hariri symbolically gave him the key of the city of 239: 274: 529:, as a "witness", probing the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Kanaan however denied any involvement in the assassination. In the phone interview he gave to the Lebanese radio station Voice of Lebanon on the day of his death, he said, "I think this is the last statement I might give." 552:, who had been variously allied and hostile to Kanaan during his stay in Lebanon, commented by saying that if Ghazi Kanaan was in fact linked to the Hariri assassination, then he was a "brave man" who "did well, if I may say, by committing suicide". There was another argument: Kanaan was in touch with 418:
in 1989, it was Kanaan who determined fourteen electoral districts of Lebanon. On behalf of Syrian government, he vetoed the anti-Syrian candidates, urged the political leaders to include pro-Syrian candidates in their candidate lists, and balanced the number of religious candidates with secular ones
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It was suggested that he was in fact murdered by the Syrian government, and various theories explaining the possible motives for this have been put forth. For instance, Kanaan's death is seen as a move to cut a key connection to the alleged Syrian participation in the assassination of Rafik Hariri.
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During his tenure in Lebanon, Kanaan gained a decisive Syrian influence over Lebanese affairs, and gradually subdued the warring Lebanese militias through a combination of diplomacy, bribery and force. During the 1980s, he developed collaborators with the predominantly Christian and previously
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Kanaan provided financial support to build the Jaafar Tayar mosque, established a library with seven computers and built a community center named for his father, Mohammed Ali in Bhamra. In short, he provided personal funding for community projects in Bhamra and nearby region.
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Syrian interior ministry and other officials reported that Kanaan died in a Damascus hospital of a gunshot wound to the head on 12 October 2005. After a one-day examination, Syrian authorities closed the case, Prosecutor Muhammad al-Luaji stating:
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Employing tactics such as endorsing pro-Syrian candidates and employing intimidation, Kanaan had a considerable influence over Lebanese politics, ensuring Lebanon is aligned with Syria's agenda. Kanaan was questioned during the investigation into
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members given sanctuary in Syria, claimed by Syria to have been the work of Israeli intelligence, Kanaan was assigned by president al-Assad to the cabinet post of interior minister in October 2004 in a cabinet rehuffle. The cabinet was headed by
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over the Hariri bombing and to end Syrian occupation, declared that it would freeze all assets belonging to Kanaan and Ghazali, due to their involvement with the occupation of Lebanon, and also due to suspicions of "corrupt activities".
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in some districts. In addition, Syria exerted influence on security and judicial appointments in the country through Kanaan. On the other hand, the head of Lebanon's Sureté Générale (General Security Directorate),
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Examination of the body and fingerprints as well as testimony from employees, including senior aide General Walid Abaza, indicated that it was a suicide by gunshot
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Kanaan, as a young military officer, pledged allegiance to Hafez al-Assad, who seized power in 1970. Kanaan participated in the fight against the Israelis on the
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Kanaan was not regarded as a member of Bashar al-Assad's inner circle. He was known to have close links with the former vice president,
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Ghazi Kanaan was one of the shareholders of LibanCell, a cellular phone company. The company was awarded a ten-year contract in 1994.
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suicide bombing, filed a lawsuit against him as the head of Syrian military intelligence in Lebanon and then Syrian Defense Minister
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F. Salloukh, Bassel (September 2006). "The Limits of Electoral Engineering in Divided Societies: Elections in Postwar Lebanon".
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who had resigned in the summer of 2005. Some believed that they both might have developed a challenging powerbase within the
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Mugraby, Muhamad (July 2008). "The syndrome of one-time exceptions and the drive to establish the proposed Hariri court".
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Kanaan was married and had six children, four sons and two daughters. One of his sons, Yaroob, is married to daughter of
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as a successor to his father, Kanaan was summoned back to Damascus in October 2002 to become the head of Syria's
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charging that they were responsible for providing the perpetrators with material resources and training.
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in the 1970s. He rose in rank to colonel and served as the director of intelligence in of Central Syria (
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tribe and a distant relative of Bashar's mother, Anisa Makhlouf. Kanaan graduated from the
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It is argued that his death was widely blamed on the al-Assad government among the
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In 2000, the widow and children of Ira Weinstein who was killed in a February 1996
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from 2004 to 2005, and long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in
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minority, of which both men were part. Kanaan was a member of the
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Hizb'allah in Lebanon: The Politics of the Western Hostage Crisis
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community. This belief led to further dissolution of Alawite ‘
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Syria established an absolute power in Lebanese elections of
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In November 2006, Kanaan's brother also committed suicide.
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and they were planning a coup against Bashar al-Assad.
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Syrian intelligence officer and politician (1942–2005)
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Najem, Tom; Amore, Roy C.; Abu Khalil, As'ad (2021).
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Index


Minister of Interior
Bashar al-Assad
Muhammad Naji al-Otari
Ali Hammoud
Bassam Abdel Majeed
Political Security Directorate
Adnan Badr Hassan
Bhamra
Latakia Governorate
Syria
Damascus
Syria
Syrian Regional Branch
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Syria
Syrian Armed Forces

Major General
Arabic
Syria
interior minister
Lebanon
Rafic Hariri
Bhamra
Qardaha
Hafez al-Assad
Latakia
Alawite
Kalbiyya

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