[1] At the age of nineteen, he enrolled in military school and graduated three years later with the rank of lieutenant.

In 1989, Ibrahim became the personal bodyguard of Arab League envoy to Lebanon Lakhdar Brahimi.

When Jamil Al Sayyed was head of the Presidential Guards Squadron, he then appointed Ibrahim as one of the bodyguards to President Elias Hrawi and remained in that post until 1992 when he was tasked with protecting then newly appointed Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

[2] However, like Speaker Nabih Berri, he enjoys excellent ties with several main parties in Lebanon, as opposed to Hezbollah, which has a limited number of allies and several rivals.

The Wall Street Journal reported that he had met national security adviser Robert C. O'Brien at the White House the week before to discuss American citizens held in Syria.