Mustafa Sabbagh

Mustafa Sabbagh ( Arabic مصطفى صباغ, DMG Muṣṭafā Ṣabbāġ ; born around 1965) is a contemporary Syrian businessman and politician who is considered close to the Muslim Brotherhood . He lived in Saudi Arabia for a long time.

He was General Secretary of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (short: Syrian National Coalition), the umbrella organization of the opponents of the Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad . He is president of a forum for Syrian companies (Syrian Business Forum) that supported the Syrian revolution against President Bashar al-Assad with the establishment of a fund of 300 million dollars .

In the election for President of the Syrian National Coalition , he lost as the favorite of Qatar to Ahmed Jarba , the favorite of Saudi Arabia . Al-Jarba received 55 votes and Mustafa Sabbagh 52.

Under the heading “Caught in the Crossfire: Between Qatar and Saudi Arabia”, the regional political situation on the website of the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC was summarized as follows:

"It was not primarily the Syrian Brotherhood but a group of" local "Syrian activists headed by Mustafa Sabbagh that supported Qatari interests and positions within the SNC and its successor, the National Coalition ( NC ). But because the Brotherhood often voted with Sabbagh's group, the Saudis started making the organization's life difficult — within opposition bodies but also at home. "

Web links

• How Qatar seized control of the Syrian revolution , Financial Times , May 17, 2013, Roula Khalaf and Abigail Fielding-Smith
• Can Syria's Muslim Brotherhood Salvage Its Relations With Riyadh? ( CMEC )
• Global Views on Syria: Mustafa Sabbagh ( IISS )
• Saudi Arabia and the Syrian Brotherhood ( MEI ), Raphaël Lefèvre

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Syrian Business Forum / المنتدى السوري للأعمال
2. ↑ Website (English)
3. ↑ رجال اعمال سوريون يعلنون عن تأسيس صندوق لدعم "الثورة" ضد نظام الاسد (Syrian businessmen announce the establishment of a fund for the support of a "revolution" against the Assad regime , June 6th - (Arabic) - (Arabic to June 2012 regime) - (Arabic) Retrieved June 5, 2017
4. ↑ Muslim Brotherhood in Qatar globalsecurity.org (accessed June 5, 2017)
5. ↑ Ahmed Assi Jarba is the new head of the Syrian opposition. (No longer available online.) In: Zeit Online. July 6, 2013, archived from the original on July 12, 2013 ; Retrieved July 7, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Saudi Arabia and the Syrian Brotherhood , Raphaël Lefèvre - Sep. 27, 2013 (accessed June 5, 2013)