Ihab Al-Msmare

Who is Ihab Al-Msmare?

Ihab Al-Mismari is a former Libyan Counselor to Canada. He is also the son of former protocol chief Nuri Al-Msmare.

On Wednesday, 23 February, he told the Toronto Star he resigned as counselor because the embassy's chargé d'affaires was "hiding" the gravity of the deadly crackdown back home. "It is my friends who are dying!," he said.

Al-Mismari's decision was due to his embassy's effort aimed at hiding and downplaying the brutal attacks against protesters in his homeland. He was quoted as saying, "They are killing the friends with whom I grew up; they are killing my brothers and sisters."