Abd al-Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim

Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim (; born October 5, 1963) is a Syrian military officer who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces from 2022 to 2024.

Biography Ibrahim is a native of Tartus Governorate, Syria. He was appointed as Chief of the General Staff on 30 April 2022, a position that has operational command over the country's ground, air, and naval forces.

In the fall of 2023, Ibrahim ordered the strengthening of the Syrian military defenses in northern Syria, near Idlib Governorate, which was controlled by Syrian opposition forces.

On 18 November 2024, Ibrahim met the Iranian Minister of Defense, Aziz Nasirzadeh, in Damascus.

There were reports on 1 December 2024 that Ibrahim was sent to Hama to oversee the military operations against the rebels during their 2024 Hama offensive, after the Syrian Ministry of Defense sent reinforcements to the region.

Following the Fall of the Assad regime, he was among the top Syrian military officials who fled Damascus on 8 December 2024 aboard a Syrian Air Yak-40 jet to the Russian-controlled Hmeimim Air Base, before being flown onward to Moscow under Russian military protection.