Abu Jaber Shaykh | |
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Native name | أبو جابر الشيخ |
Birth name | Hashim al-Shaykh |
Nickname(s) | Abu Jaber Shaykh |
Born | 1968[1] Maskanah, Syria | (age 56)
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Service | Tahrir al-Sham |
Years of service | 2011–present |
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Battles / wars | Syrian Civil War |
Alma mater | University of Aleppo[1] |
Hashim al-Shaykh (Arabic: هاشم الشيخ), also known by his nom de guerre Abu Jaber Shaykh (Arabic: أبو جابر الشيخ) is a Syrian rebel commander who is a senior leader of Tahrir al-Sham. 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 Jaber is a Salafist Muslim with a jihadist ideology, which is reflected in the ideology of the group he leads.[1]