Danny al-Baaj – Syria's representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council, defects to Geneva, 11 July 2012; Brigadier General Ibrahim al-Jabawi – deputy police commander for the central Syrian province of Homs, 12 July 2012 (to Jordan) Salim Idris – was a general in the Syrian Police Force when he defected in July 2012 .
In August 1968, the pilots of nine Syrian MiG-17s and three MiG-21s defected to Iraq after an abortive coup attempt.
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There’s been no end to the rumors surrounding this affair, and especially regarding Redfa’s reasons for defection. Syrian air defenses respond to Israeli attack on southern and eastern Syria In this Dec. 29, 2016 file photo, an Israeli Air Force F-35 plane performs during a graduation ceremony for new pilots in the Hatzerim Air Force Base near Beersheba. The Syrian Air Force has seen a number of defections since 1968, most of them to Iraq. On October 11, 1989, Syrian pilot Abdel Bassem landed his MiG-23ML in Israel. Masarwah reportedly heard that a man of Syrian origin lived in Baka al-Gharbiyeh and was allegedly the pilot who had defected to Israel. Israel's military role in the war has been limited to missile strikes, which were not officially acknowledged until 2017. On Aug. 16, 1966, Operation Diamond resulted in what is usually described as the “defection” to Israel of an Iraqi air force MiG-21-pilot, Capt.
On Aug. 16, 1966, Operation Diamond resulted in what is usually described as the “defection” to Israel of an Iraqi air force MiG-21-pilot, Capt.
Syria said Saturday that a Syrian air force pilot who landed his MiG-23 fighter plane in Israel Wednesday was an Israeli spy. Munir Redfa. Redfa took his MiG with him.
A Syrian pilot landed his Soviet-made MIG-23 fighter jet in northern Israel today, and the Israeli army said he was a defector.
The last defection of an Arab pilot to Israel was in August 1966, when an Iraqi air force captain flew his MIG-21 to Israel. Israeli sources claimed a second Syrian pilot defected to Egypt on Wednesday, landing a MiG-23 at Alexandria. In mid-2007, Majd and Masarwah traveled to Amman to meet with Salah, who expressed a great deal of interest in locating the defector and ordered the two to kidnap the man they thought to be him and hide him near the border with Syria.
Redfa took his MiG with him.
Three Syrian Air Force pilots defected to Jordan after crossing the border Sunday, according to the Jordanian newspaper Al-Arab Al-Yaum. Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War refers to the political, military and humanitarian interventions of Israel in the Syrian Civil War.While the official Israeli position on the conflict is neutrality, it is opposed to Iran's involvement in the war. Syrian defectors join the Free Syrian Army Reuters Syria denounced an air force pilot who defected Thursday as a "traitor" and said it wants Jordan to give back the MiG-21 fighter plane he was flying.
On July 27, 1976, Syrian pilot Captain Ahmed Abdul Qadar Al-Termanini, the "October war" hero, defected to Iraq with his MiG-21 fighter jet.
They were returned to Syria in a prisoner exchange, but Israel kept their MIG-17s. In mid-2007, Majd and Masarwah traveled to Amman to meet with Salah, who expressed a great deal of interest in locating the defector and ordered the two to kidnap the man they thought to be him and hide him near the border with Syria. A Syrian pilot landed his Soviet-made MIG-23 fighter jet in northern Israel today, and the Israeli army said he was a defector. A Syrian air force officer who defected to Israel in October has been teaching Israel air force pilots how to fly the Soviet-built MiG-23 jet he arrived in. TEL AVIV, Israel -- A Syrian pilot who defected with his MiG-23 to Israel this week said Friday he left his country because he wanted to live in a democracy. In 1973, two Syrians landed in Israel by mistake.
Israel's secret service used a Druze woman to lure the Syrian air force pilot who defected to Israel last week with his Soviet-built MIG-23 fighter jet, the Lebanese newspaper Ad Diyar reported. On Aug. 16, 1966, Operation Diamond resulted in what is usually described as the “defection” to Israel of an Iraqi air force MiG-21-pilot, Capt.