Anwar Bannud

Anwar Bannud (1908–1979) was a Syrian military officer who served as the chief-of-staff of the Syrian Army from 1950 to 1951. In 1944 Bannud was appointed director of the Homs Military Academy, where he encouraged students to mutiny against the French occupation forces.

Independence Bannud joined the newly established Syrian Army after French troops left Syria. Bannud replaced Qawuqji after the latter resigned on 26 October 1948. supported Adib Shishakli in a third successive coup in December 1949.

Nevertheless, his popularity in the army arose Shishkali's suspicion, and Bannud was dismissed on 23 April 1951, and exiled under the pretense of a military attaché post at the Syrian embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Bannud obliged, and he served at his post until the 1954 military coup that overthrew Shishakli's government.