Turkey claimed that it wanted Mohammed Dahlan as part of the Turkish Interior Ministry’s red list against those involved in the failed 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Dahlan, a former Palestinian Authority intelligence chief, was the central player in a plot backed by the United States to mount a coup against Hamas, after the political and resistance organization won Palestinian legislative elections.

The plot ended with Dahlan and his men being driven out of Gaza, but it ushered in the division between the West Bank and Gaza Strip that persists to this day.

In recent years, Dahlan has been based in the UAE, where he advises the country’s rulers.

Dahlan was reportedly key to brokering the deal with Golan’s mercenaries on behalf of the UAE government.

ILKHA