He participated in peaceful demonstrations upon the outbreak of the
Syrian revolution in 2011, He joined the
Free Syrian Army in Hama, and helped participate in manufacturing and detonating mines against
Syrian government forces. In 2013, he was arrested by the Assad regime in his hometown and was transferred between
Military Intelligence Directorate Branch 248 and
Adra Prison before being released after six months. After being released, he joined
Liwa al-Haqq before later joining the
Al-Nusra Front, then joining
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham upon its formation in 2016 and becoming a leader in
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham upon its establishment in 2017. He participated in the
2024 Syrian opposition offensives, which resulted in the
fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, during which he served as the official spokesman for the
Military Operations Command, in which he delivered the first statement announcing "the start of a military operation to deter the enemy, defeat its assembled forces, and keep its fire away from our people." == Post-Assad era ==