Mokhtar Lamani

His career as a Moroccan and international civil servant spans 3 decades in the fields and peace and development.

[4] As the representative of UN-Arab League mission in Damascus from 2012 to 2014, Lamani dealt with the domestic and regional aspects of the Syrian conflict.

"[7] Mokhtar Lamani has also served as an Officer in Charge of Iraq-Kuwait dispute, a mediator in the prisoners of war exchange issues; Coordinator for the Secretariat reform and restructuring in Tunis and Cairo; Deputy Permanent Observer to the European Community in Brussels; Coordinator of the Euro-Arab Dialogue and the Afro-Arab cooperation, among others positions.

[8] Mokhtar Lamani has worked as a Senior Visiting Fellow in Canada, at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).

He has been a lecturer for different Canadian universities and has written numerous articles on Iraq, Syria, ISIL and the Middle East in general; in English, French and Arabic.