Born: 25 September 1976;

Place of Birth: Skopje, Macedonia;

Nationality: Albanian;

Citizen: Macedonia;

Activities:

Abdul Jashari (alias Abu Qatada al-Albani), born on September 25, 1976 in Skopje, former Yugoslavia (currently the capital of North Macedonia), is the Commander of Xhemati Alban.

He is considered a close advisor to Abu Muhammad al-Julani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

Jashari is an influential figure and close military advisor to Abu Muhammad al-Julani, the leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, who appointed Abu Qatada al-Albani in the summer of 2014 to lead the organization’s military operations in Syria.

The U.S. Treasury Department designated Jashari a terrorist on November 10, 2016. His name appeared recently in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham communiques as one of the members of a high committee tasked with leading reconciliation efforts with Hurras al-Din, a jihadi faction affiliated with al-Qaeda.

On November 10, 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department designated Jashari a terrorist and stated that he helped to raise funds for the families of Al-Nusra Front fighters.

During the summer of 2015, Jashari led the Al-Nusra Front military operations in northern Syria. He has maintained a significant military standing within the jihadists ranks for more than four and a half years now.