Editing Omar al-Bashir (section)

==Early and family life==

Al-Bashir was born on 1 January 1944 in [[Hosh Bannaga]],<ref>{{cite web |date=July 2021 |title=The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/CaseInformationSheets/AlBashirEng.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424001821/https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/CaseInformationSheets/AlBashirEng.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2023 |publisher=[[International Criminal Court]]}}</ref> a village on the outskirts of [[Shendi]], just north of the capital, [[Khartoum]], to a family that hails from the [[Ja'alin tribe]] of northern [[Sudan]]. His mother was Hedieh Mohamed al-Zain, who died in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfha1.com/34720 |title=البشير يحضر جنازة والدته وسط حراسة أمنية مشددة |website=صفحة أولى |trans-title=Al-Bashir attends his mother's funeral amid tight security |access-date=30 July 2019 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730231552/https://www.sfha1.com/34720 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sudannews365.org/27796 |title=البشير يحضر مراسم دفن والدته.. وجدل على 'تويتر' |trans-title=Al-Bashir attends his mother's burial ceremony ... and controversy on Twitter |website=السودان نيوز 365 |date=30 July 2019 |access-date=25 August 2019 |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124191319/https://www.sudannews365.org/27796/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b4%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d9%8a%d8%ad%d8%b6%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%af%d9%81%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%aa%d9%87-%d9%88%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%b1 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://watan-day.com/news/61028.html |title=البشير يحضر مراسم دفن والدته |trans-title=Al-Bashir attending his mother's burial ceremony |date=30 July 2019 |access-date=30 July 2019|archive-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730231551/https://watan-day.com/news/61028.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His father, Hassan ibn Ahmed, was a smalltime dairy farmer. He is the second among twelve brothers and sisters, his younger brother Othman was killed in South Sudan during his presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fanack |date=2020-02-12 |title=الرئيس عمر البشير |trans-title=President Omar al-Bashir |url=https://fanack.com/ar/faces-ar/omar-al-bashir~108290/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316011215/https://fanack.com/ar/faces-ar/omar-al-bashir~108290/ |archive-date=2023-03-16 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=وقائع الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا |language=ar}}</ref> His uncle, [[Al Taib Mustafa]], was a journalist, politician, and noted opponent of South Sudan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://aawsat.com/home/article/2976541/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86|title=وفاة خال البشير... أبرز خصوم جنوب السودان |trans-title=The death of Al-Bashir's uncle... the most prominent opponent of South Sudan |work=Asharq Al-Awsat|date=2021-05-16|access-date=2021-12-06|language=ar|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516234149/https://aawsat.com/home/article/2976541/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86|url-status=live}}</ref> As a boy, he was nicknamed 'Omeira' – Little Omar.<ref name="early">{{cite book|title=Omar Al-Bashir and Africa's Longest War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_X-uCAAAQBAJ&dq=hosh+bannaga&pg=PP96|publisher=United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Books|date=April 30, 2015|last=Moorcraft|first=Paul| isbn=9781473854963 |access-date=6 April 2021|archive-date=24 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124191328/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Omar_Al_Bashir_and_Africa_s_Longest_War/_X-uCAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hosh+bannaga&pg=PP96&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref> He belongs to the [[Bedaria tribe|Banu Bedaria]], a [[Bedouin]] tribe belonging to the larger [[Ja'alin]] coalition,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16010445|title=Omar al-Bashir: Sudan's ousted president|website=BBC|date=14 August 2019|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023001523/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16010445|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[Sudanese Arabs|Sudanese Arab]] tribe in middle north of Sudan (once a part of the [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan]]). As a child, Al-Bashir loved [[Association football|football]]. "Always in defense," a cousin of Omar's said. "That's why he went into the army." He received his primary education [[Sudanese Military College|there]], and his family later moved to [[Khartoum North]] where he completed his secondary education and became a supporter of [[Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)|Al-Hilal]]. Al-Bashir is married to his cousin Fatima Khalid. He also has a [[Polygamy#Africa|second wife]] named Widad Babiker Omer, who had a number of children with her first husband Ibrahim Shamsaddin, a member of the [[Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation]] who had died in a helicopter crash. Al-Bashir does not have any children of his own.<ref>{{cite news|author=Fred Bridgland|title=President Bashir, you are hereby charged...|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/President-Bashir-you-are-hereby.4287299.jp|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=14 July 2008|access-date=15 July 2008|author-link=Fred Bridgland|archive-date=2 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202054304/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/President-Bashir-you-are-hereby.4287299.jp|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="early" />

In 1975, al-Bashir was sent to the [[United Arab Emirates]] as the Sudanese [[military attaché]]. When he returned home, al-Bashir was made a garrison commander. In 1981, al-Bashir returned to his paratroop background when he became the commander of an armored parachute brigade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/03/20093485834634368|title=Profile: Omar al-Bashir|access-date=17 December 2014|archive-date=24 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224040606/http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/03/20093485834634368|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Sudanese Ministry of Defense website says that al-Bashir was in the Western Command from 1967 to 1969 and then the Airborne Forces from 1969 to 1987 until he was appointed commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade (independent) from the period 1987 to 30 June 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mod.gov.sd/section-blog/25-قادة-القوات-المسلحة.html|title=Example of Section Blog layout (FAQ section)|date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417163651/http://mod.gov.sd/section-blog/25-قادة-القوات-المسلحة.html|archive-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>