Back أبو محمد الجولاني Arabic ابو محمد الجولانى ARZ Абу Мухамад аль-Галані Byelorussian ئەبوو محەممەد جۆلانی CKB Abú Muhammad al-Džawlání Czech Abu Muhammad al-Dschaulani German Abu Mohammad al-Golani Spanish Abū Muḩammad al-Jawlānī Estonian ابومحمد جولانی Persian Abou Mohammed al-Joulani French

Abu Mohammad al-Julani

Abu Mohammad al-Julani
أبو محمد الجولاني
Commander-in-Chief of Tahrir al-Sham
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2017
Preceded byAbu Jaber Shaykh
Emir of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
In office
28 July 2016 – 28 January 2017
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOrganization disestablished
Emir of the Al-Nusra Front
In office
23 January 2012 – 28 July 2016
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOrganization disestablished
Personal details
Born1982 (age 41–42)[1]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[1][2]
NationalitySyrian
Nickname'The Conqueror Sheikh'[3]
Military career
AllegianceCurrent:
Syrian Salvation Government (2017–present)

Tahrir al-Sham (2017–present)
Former:
Al-Qaeda (2003–2016)[4]

Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (2016–2017)

Tahrir al-Sham (28 January 2017 – present)
Years of service2003–present
RankEmir of Tahrir al-Sham
Battles / wars

Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a[5] (Arabic: أحمد حسين الشرع, romanized: ʾAḥmad Ḥusayn aš-Šarʿ; born 1982), known by his nom de guerre as Abu Mohammad al-Julani[6] (Arabic: أبو محمد الجولاني, romanized: ʾAbū Muḥammad al-Jawlānī), is a Syrian militant leader who is the current commander-in-chief of the militant group Tahrir al-Sham.[7]

Before cutting ties with Al-Qaeda in 2016,[8] Joulani had served as the emir of the now-defunct al-Nusra Front, the former Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.[9] The US State Department listed Al-Julani as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" in May 2013,[10] and four years later announced a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture.[11][12]

The nisba "Al-Julani" in his nom de guerre is a reference to Syria's Golan Heights, partially occupied and annexed by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967.[13] Al-Julani released an audio statement on 28 September 2014, in which he stated he would fight the "United States and its allies" and urged his fighters not to accept help from the West in their battle against ISIL.[14]

  1. ^ a b "بعد شهور.. الجولاني يكشف عن أسرار حياته لمارتن سميث". Al Alam TV. 5 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "الجولاني يكشف أسراراً تتعلق بـ النصرة والبغدادي وجيفري يعلق: يجب علينا العمل معه". أورينت نت. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Hearts, Minds and Black Flags: Jabhat al-Nusra's Data Dump Takes Aim at the Islamic State". Syria: direct. February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. ^ "State Department amends terror designation for al Nusrah Front | FDD's Long War Journal". June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  5. ^ "The Nusra Front breaks ties with al-Qaeda". The World Weekly. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference TOI20131104 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Julani is a temporary leader of the "Liberation of the Sham" .. This is the fate of its former leader". HuffPost. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Al-Nusra leader Jolani announces split from al-Qaeda". Al Jazeera. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Syrian Nusra Front announces split from al-Qaeda". BBC News. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Terrorist Designation of Al-Nusrah Front Leader Muhammad Al-Jawlani". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  11. ^ "U.S. offers $10M reward for information on al-Nusra leader". UPI.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Muhammad al-Jawlani". Rewards for Justice. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Meet the Islamist militants fighting alongside Syria's rebels". Time. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  14. ^ "U.S. and its allies strike ISIS tank, refineries and checkpoints". CNN. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

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