Incident Summary
On October 17, 2025, Hisham Khazami, the official in charge of the prisoner exchange file at the Presidential Palace and the representative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Aleppo, was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in the Al-Furqan neighborhood of Aleppo, northern Syria.
Khazami, who emerged as a mediator and official liaison between the Assad regime and the IRGC after 2011, was known for documenting prisoner exchange operations through video recordings that he shared on social media platforms.
Documented Information about the Incident
Date: October 17, 2025
Location: Al-Furqan neighborhood, Aleppo city, Syria
Victim:
Name: Hisham Khazami
Position: Head of the prisoner exchange file at the Presidential Palace, and IRGC representative in Aleppo
Origin: Maarrat al-Numan city, southern Idlib countryside
Affiliation: Assad regime and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Perpetrators: Unidentified gunmen
Context: The incident comes amid an escalation in assassinations targeting former Syrian regime officials without trial following Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s takeover of power in Syria.
المقالة بالعربية: اغتيال هشام خزامي في مدينة حلب شمال سوريا
