Anwar al-Zoubi
Anwar al-Zoubi | |
|---|---|
أنور الزعبي | |
| Governor of Daraa | |
| Assumed office 5 March 2025 | |
| President | Ahmed al-Sharaa |
| Preceded by | Asaad Yazid al-Toukan[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) |
| Education | Idlib University Al-Shamal Private University |
| Nickname | Abu Suhaib (أبو صهيب) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Ahrar al-Sham (c. 2012) |
| Conflicts | |
Anwar Taha al-Zoubi (Arabic: أنور طه الزعبي) is a Syrian politician and former military commander. He was appointed Governor of Daraa on 5 March 2025 by Syria's caretaker government, following the fall of the Assad regime.
Early life and education
Al-Zoubi was born in 1975 in Al-Taybah, Daraa.[2] He studied political science at Idlib University,[3] and graduated from the Faculty of Political Science at Al-Shamal Private University on 6 September 2025.[4]
Activity during the civil war
Al-Zoubi joined the Syrian opposition by 2012, becoming a commander of Ahrar al-Sham in Daraa Governorate.[3][5] In 2018, al-Zoubi was among the opposition leaders deported to Idlib Governorate following their surrender to the Assad regime after the 2018 Southern Syria offensive, with a local activist describing him to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed as one of the "most prominent figures" from Daraa to be sent to northwestern Syria.[2]
In the areas controlled by the Syrian Salvation Government, he played an "active role" on the societal level.[2] He worked to help establish the General Reconciliation Council, a branch of the Idlib Tribal Council formed in early March 2020, and was appointed as its director.[6][7]
Post-Assad
After the fall of the Assad regime, he was appointed governor of Daraa Governorate on 5 March 2025.[2]
References
- ^ "الأسد يعين طبيب أسنان محافظًا للقنيطرة" [Assad appoints dentist as governor of Quneitra]. Enab Baladi (in Arabic). 17 October 2024. Archived from the original on 2 November 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d al-Sahnawi, Diaa (5 March 2025). "تعيين محافظ في درعا وقتلى في حملة أمنية ضد فلول الأسد في الصنمين" [Governor appointed in Daraa, deaths in a security campaign against Assad remnants in Al-Sanamayn.]. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ a b "تعيين محافظ لدرعا، فما هي مؤهلاته؟" [A governor has been appointed for Daraa, what are his qualifications?]. Daraa24 (in Arabic). 11 March 2025. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "محافظ درعا "أنور طه الزعبي" يحتفل بتخرجه من كلية العلوم السياسية بجامعة الشمال الخاصة في إدلب #التلفزيون_العربي" [Daraa Governor Anwar Taha al-Zoubi celebrates his graduation from the Faculty of Political Science at the Northern Private University in Idlib. #Al_Arabiya_TV]. Nabd. 6 September 2025. Archived from the original on 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "أنور الزعبي" [Anwar Taha al-Zoubi]. Manhom (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Zelin, Aaron (11 June 2021). "Hanging on in Idlib: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Expanding Tribal Engagement". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "نائج لقاء مجلس أعيان صوران حماة في المناطق المحررة مع مسؤولين من مركز الصلح العام" [Results of a meeting of the Soran Hama Council of Elders in the liberated areas with officials from the General Reconciliation Center]. Syrian Memory (in Arabic). 24 August 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2025.