Ahmed Jibril

Ahmed Jibril
أحمد جبريل
Jibril in 2015
Founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
In office
1968–2021
Personal details
Bornc. 1937
Mandatory Palestine
Died7 July 2021
Damascus, Syria
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
ChildrenJihad Ahmed Jibril (deceased)

Ahmed Jibril (Arabic: أحمد جبريل; c. 1937 – 7 July 2021)[1][2] was a Palestinian militant and political leader who was the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC).

During the Syrian Civil War, Jibril was a notable supporter of the Assad government and PFLP-GC members helped government forces to fight the Syrian opposition. However, after clashes with rebels in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, the PFLP-GC suffered defections and was forced to withdraw from the camp, and Jibril fled the city.[3]

  1. ^ "Ahmed Jibril, head of Palestinian radical group, dies at 83". Yahoo News. Associated Press (AP). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ В Дамаске умер Ахмад Джабриль, один из основателей НФОП [Ahmad Jabril, one of the founders of the PFLP, dies in Damascus]. NEWSru.co.il (in Russian). Israel. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Defectors from Syria-based Palestinian group seek arrest of fugitive leader". Al Arabiya. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.