Naser al-Hariri
Naser al-Hariri (Arabic: نصر الحريري) is a former member of the People's Council of Syria from Daraa. Along with fellow parliamentarian Khalil al-Rifaei, also from Daraa, he resigned from his seat in protest at the "continued killings of protesters during the 2011 protests in Syria".[2] He is a cousin of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.
Naser al-Hariri | |
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نصر الحريري | |
al-Hariri in 2018 | |
Secretary-General of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces | |
Assumed office 4 July 2013[1] | |
President | Anas al-Abdah |
Vice President | Mouaffaq Nyrabia |
Member of the People's Council of Syria | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Naji al-Otari |
Personal details | |
Born | Daraa, Syria | January 1, 1977
Nationality |
Political career
On 4 July 2013, Naser al-Hariri joined the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as a representative from the Hauran region of southern Syria.[1] By 2015, he became a secretary-general in the coalition based in Istanbul, Turkey.[3]
In January 2017, he was one of the members of the Syrian opposition delegation that attended the peace talks in Astana.[4] In February 2017 he was appointed as the head of opposition delegation for the Geneva IV conference on Syria, scheduled to be held on 20 February.[5]
References
- "Nasser al-Hariri". National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
- "Syria protests: Security forces shoot at mourners". BBC. 23 April 2011.
- "Syria Peace Hopes Dim Further as Opposition Rejects Moscow Talks". The New York Times. 13 January 2015.
- "The Exclusive Interview About the Results of Astana Summit". National Council of Resistance of Iran. 27 January 2017.
- "Slow going for Turkish-backed forces in north Syria". AP. 11 February 2017.