Mihrac Ural

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Mihraç Ural, also known as Ali Kayyali (

Syrian government
militia.

History

Ural was born in 1956 into an Arab family in Hatay Province, Turkey.[1] He studied philosophy at Istanbul University.

Ural was detained on 10 March 1978 over a bank robbery and was imprisoned at Adana. He escaped through a 150m tunnel in August 1980. After his escape from prison, he fled to Syria where he was granted Syrian citizenship by Jamil al-Assad. In Syria, Ural ran a splinter faction of the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey.

In 1982 he was arrested in

Iskenderun, now known as the Syrian Resistance, since 1986. He was detained at the Fleury-Mérogis Prison in France
in 1988.

Ural was accused of involvement in the

jihadist group Ahrar al-Sham wrongly claimed to have killed Ural.[3]

In late January and early February 2018, Ural attended a Russian-sponsored Syrian peace conference in Sochi, Russia. Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu protested his attendance, saying "We want this person’s immediate detention and extradition to Turkey".[4][5][6]

Ural was badly injured on 6 July 2019, after his vehicle struck a roadside bomb while travelling along the

Syrian rebel group Abu Amara Special Operations Brigade claiming responsibility for the attack.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Mihraç Ural, a man with a long history of terrorism: Full Profile". 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  2. ^ "Mihraç Ural, a man with a long history of terrorism: Full Profile". Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. ^ "Death of Mihrac Ural not yet confirmed: militia, regime". 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  4. ^ Guldoganfirst=Diyar (2018-02-01). "Turkey asks Russia to extradite terrorist Mihrac Ural". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  5. ^ "Turkey asks Russia to extradite 'key suspect in 2013 Hatay bombings' Mihraç Ural". Hurriyet Daily News. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  6. ^ Barnard, Anne (2018-01-30). "Syrian Peace Talks in Russia: 1,500 Delegates, Mostly Pro-Assad". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  7. ^ "Leader of Syrian pro-gov't militia badly wounded in northern Latakia". AMN - Al-Masdar News. 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  8. ^ "Notorious Syrian regime warlord 'seriously injured' in assassination attempt". The New Arab. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
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