Mahdi al-Harati
Mahdi al-Harati | |
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Mayor of Tripoli[1] | |
In office June 2014 – 20 August 2015[2] | |
Preceded by | Sadat Al Badri |
Succeeded by | Abdul-Rahman Al-Ghillai (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1973 (age 50–51) Syrian Civil War |
Mahdi al-Harati (born c. 1973) is an Irish-Libyan politician and former co-commander of the
Before the Libyan civil war he was an Arabic teacher in Dublin, where he lived with his Irish-born wife and family.[5]
He was described by
On 11 October 2011, Al-Harati resigned as deputy head of the Tripoli Military Council, amid tensions over security in the capital. According to the
Following his involvement in the Libyan civil war al-Harati went on a fact-finding mission to Syria where, following discussions with members of the Syrian opposition, he decided to form the militant group
In 2014, Al-Harati was elected mayor of Libya's capital city of Tripoli.[1]
On 27 February 2017, Al-Harati was the victim of a sectarian attack in which he was arrested in Malta along with two men who attacked him.[10]
Al Harati was placed on a ban list[11][12][13] by, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other countries for links to supporting Terrorism[14] and Al Nusra front in Syria and for Terrorism related activities with Links to Qatari sponsorship. The ban list ensued the
References
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- ^ "Central Tripoli mayor dismissed over failure to provide proper services | the Libya Observer".
- ^ Irish Times. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ a b "الحارثي آمر "لواء الأمة": 99% من المقاتلين معي سوريون, أخبــــــار". Aawsat.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Irish Libyan Mahdi al-Harati leads the overthrow of Colonel Gadafy". Irish Central. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ Stieven Ramdharie (15 August 2011). "Wie zijn de Tripoli Brigade precies? - De opstand in Libië - VK". Volkskrant.nl. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Post (6 January 2011). "The Sunday Times". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Mary (11 October 2011). "Libyan-Irish commander resigns as deputy head of Tripoli military council". Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Rebel army moves command centre inside Syria to organise fractured forces". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Former Tripoli Mayor Al-Harati arrested in Malta over knife attack". Libyan Express. 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Arab powers list 59 individuals as Qatar-linked terrorism supporters".
- ^ "Saudi-led group blacklists 18 individuals, groups | GCC News | al Jazeera".
- ^ "Arab nations list 59 individuals, 12 entities on Qatar-linked terror list".
- ^ Vella, Mathew. "Former Tripoli mayor Al Harati in Saudi list of Qatar-backed terror sponsors". Malta Today. Malta Today. Retrieved 24 November 2017.