Human rights activist and Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman has offered her condolences following the passing of Issam El-Attar, the former Comptroller General of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood and a significant figure in the nation's freedom movement.

In a heartfelt statement posted on her official Facebook page, Karman extended her sympathies to the Syrian people and the broader Arab and Islamic communities. She remarked, "My sincere condolences and sympathy to the Syrian people and to our Arab and Islamic nations on the death of the fighter Issam El-Attar, the former Comptroller General of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. May God have mercy on him and accept him among the righteous. We belong to God and to Him we shall return."

Issam El-Attar, born in Damascus into a family of Islamic scholars, was elected to the Syrian Parliament in the early 1960s as one of the few Muslim Brotherhood members. However, after the Baath Party coup in 1963, El-Attar was denied re-entry to Syria following a pilgrimage to Mecca. He subsequently operated from Lebanon before relocating to Europe and settling in Aachen, Germany, where he worked at an Islamic center.

El-Attar, known for his peaceful nature, faced internal conflicts within his organization and eventually resigned from formal leadership roles in 1964. Despite this, he remained dedicated to religious, intellectual, and cultural matters in his country, advocating strongly for democracy and the rights of all citizens. Issam El-Attar, a symbol of resistance against Hafez al-Assad, had been in exile in Aachen since the 1970s. Tragically, in 1981, his wife was shot dead in the same city.