Al Shaar was born in
Damascus in 1958. He is a judge by profession. As of 2014 he was chief of the Syrian Higher Judicial Committee for Elections. In a cabinet reshuffle dated March 2017 he was appointed justice minister replacing
Najm Hamad Al Ahmad in the post.{{cite news|title=Syria's Assad orders replacement of 3 ministers|access-date=25 June 2022 ==References==