Ali Abdullah Ayoub, former Syrian Minister of Defense and one of Assad’s most senior military commanders, oversaw some of the deadliest phases of the regime’s war against Syrian civilians. As a senior general and later Defense Minister, Ayoub directed large-scale military operations involving indiscriminate bombardment, sieges, forced displacement, mass detention, and torture, contributing to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and the displacement of millions. View the full dossier on Ayoub and other war criminals at setf.ngo/cards