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SENT Kanaan NP was VBD born VVN to TO a DT prominent JJ Alawite NN family NN in IN the DT village NN of IN Bhamra NP near IN Kerdaha NP Syrian JJ President NP Hafez NP Assad's NP hometown NN in IN the DT mountains NNS overlooking VVG the DT seaport NN city NN of IN Latakia NP . SENT Contrary JJ to TO many JJ reports NNS , , Kanaan NP is VBZ not RB related VVN to TO Assad NP , , but CC their PP$ two CD families NNS have VHP had VHN a DT long JJ historical JJ alliance NN . SENT Like IN Assad NP and CC other JJ senior JJ Syrian JJ officials NNS , , he PP joined VVD the DT military NN early RB in IN his PP$ career NN , , reportedly RB commanding VVG an DT army NN unit NN facing VVG Israeli JJ forces NNS in IN the DT Golan NP Heights NP during IN the DT 1970 CD s PP . SENT Kanaan NP rapidly RB advanced VVD through IN the DT army NN officer NN corps NN . SENT He PP attained VVD the DT rank NN of IN Colonel NP and CC served VVN as IN head NN of IN Syrian JJ intelligence NN in IN Homs NP until IN 1982 CD , , when WRB he PP was VBD appointed VVN to TO replace VV Gen NP . SENT Mohammad NP Ghanem NP as IN the DT commander NN of IN the DT mukhabarat NN Syrian JJ Intelligence NP Service NP in IN Lebanon NP . SENT During IN the DT Lebanese JJ civil JJ war NN , , intelligence NN forces NNS under IN Kanaan's NP command NN established VVD their PP$ headquarters NN in IN Anjar NP , , an DT Armenian JJ village NN in IN the DT Bekaa NP Valley NP ironically RB , , the DT place NN where WRB Lebanese JJ prince NN Fakhr NP al NP Din NP defeated VVD the DT Ottoman NP ruler NN of IN Damascus NP in IN the DT 18 CD th NN century NN and CC imprisoned VVN him PP in IN a DT cage NN . SENT Additional JJ bases NNS and CC detention NN facilities NNS have VHP been VBN established VVN in IN West NP Beirut NP on IN Sadat NP Street NP and CC in IN the DT Ramlet NP al NP Baida NP neighborhood NN near IN the DT Beau NP Rivage NN Hotel NP , , Tripoli NP , , Chtoura NP and CC Hazmiyeh NP . SENT Kanaan NP is VBZ credited VVN with IN gradually RB tightening VVG Syria's NP grip NN over IN the DT Lebanese JJ government NN during IN the DT 1980 CD s PP by IN cultivating VVG alliances NNS with IN members NNS of IN Lebanon's NP militia NN elite NN . SENT In IN 1983 CD , , Kanaan NP ordered VVD his PP$ militia NN allies NNS to TO torpedo VV the DT May NP 17 CD th NN Agreement NN between IN Lebanon NP and CC Israel NP that WDT was VBD brokered JJ by IN former JJ U NP . SENT S NP . SENT Secretary NP of IN State NP George NP Shultz NP . 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