The result was keep. WP:SNOW The Bushranger One ping only 20:43, 8 July 2012 (UTC) reply
Non-notable, one event. FunkMonk ( talk) 22:12, 5 July 2012 (UTC) reply
The man is notable as one of the inner circle. More work needs to be done to discover notable events of his in the past, though. rawb ( talk) 01:00, 6 July 2012 (UTC) reply
The article needs expansion, but the man is clearly notable. If his defection is true, then it would be the highest level defection yet in the Syrian conflict, and quite possibly the only defection so far of someone from Assad's inner circle. As the Tlass family has previously been very close to the Assad's, it also shows that the leadership is becoming increasingly fractured as a result of the regimes response to the uprising. This is a notable person, and a notable event, giving a better insight into the the government handling of the uprising, and no doubt further information on Manaf will emerge soon. MrPenguin20 ( talk) 10:02, 6 July 2012 (UTC) reply
Google News shows over 1000 articles on his (presumed) defection, and they are front page stories on many media outlets. A non-notable person's defection would not hit the front pages of the global news media in this way.
Note that as of this comment, all commenters apart from the proposer have expressed opinions that this is a keep/speedy keep, using similar arguments to the above. -- Chronulator ( talk) 15:04, 6 July 2012 (UTC) reply
Now read WP:BLP1E: there are three criteria there that all need to be satistfied to exclude an individual from being covered by their own article under that rule, and two of the three of them are falsified by the evidence above. Most of all, BLP1E itself states that "WP:BLP1E should be applied only to biographies of low-profile individuals." "Low-profile" does not cover people who are the subject of comment by global news media over the course of a decade. WP:BIO clearly applies, and WP:BLP1E does not, making this a procedural speedy keep. -- Chronulator ( talk) 16:27, 6 July 2012 (UTC) reply