Državljanin Sirije, poznat kao "princ Marabelle", on se u optužnici opisuje kao međunarodni trgovac oružjem koji od početka 1970-tih godina opskrbljuje fakcije u mnogim zemljama, među kojima i u Bosni i Hercegovini, Hrvatskoj i Kipru, oružjem i vojnom opremom.
A Syrian national, known as the "Prince of Marabella", he is described in the indictment as an international arms dealer who has supplied factions in many countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Cyprus, with weapons and military equipment since the early 1970s.