Mohammad Bassam Imadi


Mohammad Bassam Imadi is the former Syrian ambassador to Sweden, who defected from the Bashar al-Assad government in 2011 and became a member of the opposition Syrian National Council.

Career

Imadi resigned from his post as Syrian ambassador to Sweden in 2009. He began working with the opposition at the start of the uprising in March 2011.

Defection

Imadi fled to Turkey with his family in December 2011.