Riad Hammoud Darar (Arabic: رياض حمود دارار, born 1954) is a Syrian opposition political and social activist and author from Deir ez-Zor.
He received a bachelor's degree on Arabic language some time later, and became a preacher and an imam at a mosque in Deir ez-Zor.
[1] Since 2000, Riad Darar became a political activist and began to work with various non-governmental organizations.
[1] After an uprising by Kurds in Syria in 2004, Mashouq al-Khaznawi, a Kurdish Sufi religious leader, was arrested and assassinated by the Syrian military intelligence in May 2005.
Riad Darar then announced his support for federalism and democracy in Syria,[1] including in Deir ez-Zor.