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Adham al-Akrad
Syrian rebel leader (1974–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adham al-Akrad, also known by his kunya Abu Qusay (1974 – 14 October 2020), was a Syrian rebel leader in Daraa Governorate during the Syrian revolution. He agreed to a settlement with the government after the governorate came under the Syrian army's control in 2018.
Al-Akrad was a strong critic of the regime and the Iranian presence in the south. He was killed on his way to or on his way from a meeting in Damascus in October 2020.
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Life
He served as the head of the Engineering and Missile Battalion and was also part of the al-Bunyan al-Marsous Operations Room.[3]
He reconciled with the Syrian government in 2018. His car was unsuccessfully targeted by an IED in September 2019, as it was unoccupied.[3]
He met with local leaders in Daraa in January 2020 and was one of the signatories of a "nine-point" document for the Syrian government regarding "arrests and disappearances, local autonomy and the fate of detainees."[4]
He expressed regret over the reconciliation in a July 2020 interview, stating that portions of the agreed-upon settlement with the Russians were not completed and that after more than two years following the settlements, "the arrests and assassinations had doubled."[5]
He was a member of the Central Committees.[6] Nonetheless, he attempted to persuade Daraa residents from allying with the regime during battles in Idlib and Hama.[2] He also emphasized his support for the revolution.[7]
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Personal life
He was living in the United Arab Emirates before the start of the Syrian civil uprising in March 2011.[8][9]
Death
He was killed on 14 October 2020[1] in the city of Tubna on the orders of Wassim Al-Zarqan, who was a military official in the Assad regime,[2] while al-Akrad was on his way to[10] or from Damascus, in order to negotiate the returning of bodies of dead FSA fighters.[11]
Al-Zarqan, also a former opposition fighter who settled with the government in 2018, was killed in April 2023.[12]
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