Abu Jabir
Syrian military commander (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hashim al-Shaykh (Arabic: هاشم الشيخ, romanized: Hāshim al-Shaykh; born 1968), commonly known by his kunya Abu Jabir (Arabic: أبو جابر, romanized: Abū Jābir), is a Syrian military commander who served as the first emir of Tahrir al-Sham from January 2017 until October 2017.
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Native name | أبو جابر |
Birth name | Hashim al-Shaykh |
Born | 1968 (1968) (age 56)[1] Maskanah, Syria |
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Service/ | Tahrir al-Sham |
Years of service | 2011–present |
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Alma mater | University of Aleppo[1] |
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He had reportedly resigned from his position in Ahrar al-Sham where he served as a senior commander to help command and direct the merger. Abu Jabir is a Salafist Muslim with a jihadist ideology, which is reflected in the ideology of the group he leads.[1]