Iraqi MP files lawsuit against Syria’s leader Julani over 'terrorist' past
An Iraqi lawmaker has filed a lawsuit against Syria's self-proclaimed president Abu Mohammed al-Julani, citing his past affiliations with terrorist groups in the Arab country.
In a video statement released on Tuesday, Alaa al-Haidari said that he had formally lodged a petition with Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, asserting that he should face legal scrutiny for his role in fostering regional militancy.
“I filed the complaint against the terrorist Julani, known as Ahmad al-Sharaa,” who was part of ISIS (Daesh) organizations in Iraqi territory,” he said.
Haidari further questioned the legality of allowing Julani into Iraq, saying, “How can a man who once led a terrorist group be permitted to enter our country?”
The complaint came two days after Julani received an official invitation from Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to attend the Arab League Summit scheduled to be held next month in the capital, Baghdad.
Julani, once affiliated with al-Qaeda and Daesh, led Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants in their efforts to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad last year.
The HTS militant group seized control of Damascus on December 8, culminating a swift offensive that had begun in the northwestern province of Aleppo just two weeks earlier and ultimately brought an end to Assad’s 24-year rule.
The HTS administration has since been involved in flagrant violations of human rights in Syria, particularly against minorities, namely Syria's Alawite minority, drawing widespread condemnations from the international community.
Jolani’s potential trip to Baghdad will be his first public visit to Iraq, the country where he was once imprisoned for years on charges of belonging to the al-Qaeda terrorist outfit after the 2003 US-led invasion of the Arab country.
The leader of Iraq’s Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq anti-terror resistance group has already warned that Jolani can be arrested upon his arrival in Baghdad due to an active arrest warrant against him.
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