Abdul Fattah Qudsiyeh

Abdul Fattah Qudsiyeh (Arabic: عبد الفتاح قدسية; born 1953) is a Syrian former military officer and the former deputy director of the Syrian National Security Bureau.

He was also a close adviser to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

[4] He also served as the head of the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate from 2009 to July 2012.

[6] Qudsiyeh was replaced by Rafiq Shahadah as general director of the military intelligence.

[7][8][9] He was added to the European Union's sanction list on the grounds that he "involved in violence against the civilian population" during the Syrian civil war.