Ismail Hammadi al-Khalfan

Ismail Hammadi al-Khalfan (born 1981) is a Syrian academic and professor who has served as a member of the Supreme Constitutional Court since July 2026. He was an opposition figure associated with the Syrian National Coalition.

Al-Khalfan belongs to the academic generation specializing in international law. He obtained a doctorate from the French University of Montpellier and served as a member of the teaching staff at the Faculty of Law of the International University of Science and Renaissance in Azaz. Al-Khalfan has lectured at Gaziantep University in Turkey. He is fluent in French and proficient in English.

He was an opposition figure associated with the Syrian National Coalition, where he managed institutional and electoral affairs. Al-Khalfan had no affiliation with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and publicly criticized the group.

Career Al-Khalfan was a member of the Constitutional Declaration Drafting Committee. Al-Khalfan and the members of the court took the constitutional oath before al-Sharaa at the People’s Palace in Damascus on 11 July, and formally assumed their duties.