"Alian, Rasan"@en . . . . . "Alian, Ghassan"@en . . "Israel Defense Forces colonel" . "1990Z"^^ . . "1972Z"^^ . . . . "1972-03-21Z"^^ . "Ghassan Alian"@en . . "1990Z"^^ . "Ghassan Elian, or Rasan Alian (Hebrew: \u05E8\u05E1\u05D0\u05DF \u05E2\u05DC\u05D9\u05D0\u05DF\u200E; born 21 March 1972), is the commanding officer of the Golani Brigade, a colonel by rank. He is the first non-Jewish commander of the brigade and the second Druze officer to command an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade; the first was Imad Fares, commander of the Givati Brigade. Alian is the highest ranking Druze in the IDF and has served since 1990."@en . .