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Humaydi Daham al-Hadi (also Hamidi Daham al-Hadi and Hmeidi Daham al-Jarba; ar, حميدي دهام الهادي الجربا, 1936 – 10 November 2022) was the leader of the

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tribe of

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in Syria.

Biography

Al-Hadi al-Jarba was born in Tall Ulu al-Ula,

al-Hasakah Governorate Al-Hasakah Governorate ( ar, محافظة الحسكة, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, ku, Parêzgeha Hesekê}, syc, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as syc, ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (prov ...

in 1936, to Daham ibn al-Hadi ibn al-Assi al-Jarba (1890–1976), who was the leader of Shammar tribe and a member in the

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. In 2014, he was given a role described variously as co-president and co-governor of

Jazira canton The Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton, ( ku, Herêma Cizîrê, ar, إقليم الجزيرة, syr, ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, Ponyotho d'Gozarto), is the largest of the Regions of Rojava, three original regions of the de facto Autonomous Adm ...

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in northern Syria. He has actively promoted the campaign against

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, and has been a severe critic of

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. His son Bandar al-Humaydi is military leader of

al-Sanadid Forces The Forces of the Brave ( ar, جيش الصناديد / قوات الصناديد, translit=Quwwāt aṣ-Ṣanādīd / Jayš aṣ-Ṣanādīd), generally called the al-Sanadid Forces, are a militia formed by the Arab Shammar tribe to fight against ...

. He chaired a meeting of Arab tribal representatives in August 2017 that resulted in the foundation of the

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. He was subsequently chosen as the party's first secretary general. In March 2019, he traveled from northern Syria to

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, the

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and

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for talks with Syrian, Russian and Iraqi officials. The visit was seen as a sign of his willingness to abandon the

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in favour of the Syrian government. On 10 November 2022, he died at hospital in

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, aged 86.

References

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