[5] After the start of the Syrian revolution in March 2011, Kifah Moulhem participated in the suppression of demonstrations in Damascus and its countryside, commandeering the forces of Branch 248.

[2] At the end of 2012, Milhem was transferred to the coastal city of Latakia to serve as head of the local Military Intelligence Branch.

[2] During the Battle of Aleppo, he led interrogations of captured rebels and jihadists, serving as the city's top intelligence chief.

[2] In 2014, Moulhem was appointed as head of the information department in the MID, and in July of the following year he was promoted to the rank of Major General.

In 2015, he was appointed as deputy director of MID and president of the security council in the southern area, which includes Daraa, Quneitra and Suweida, where he served up until July 2018.