Hamid Al-Zakir

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Hamid Al-Zakir
Hamid Al-Zakir as seen in the co-op level "Exfiltration".
Appearances	Battlefield 3
Affiliation	People's Liberation and Resistance (formerly)
Rank	Officer
Weapon	Saiga 12K
Status	Alive

Hamid Al-Zakir حميد زكير, (sometimes spelled Hamid El Zakir) is a former high-ranking officer who defected from the PLR. He is featured in the co-op campaign of Battlefield 3 in Exfiltration. He wields a Saiga 12K semi-automatic shotgun. Snake 6-6 is tasked with escorting him safely back to the Humvees from his apartment. He relays information about Abu Muhammed and a company in Paris that holds important files for the co-op campaign.

Trivia

• Though he wears civilian clothes, his appearance is identical to Faruk Al-Bashir.
• He is impervious to bullets, explosives, or any other weapon. Thus preventing the player from killing him.
• Like Al-Bashir, Al-Zakir seems to be an Arabic surname, given its "Al-" prefix.
• His appearance differs between the GamesCom 2011 co-op demo and the actual game. In the demo, he had a different hairstyle and a beard. In the actual game, he looks similar to Faruk Al-Bashir as mentioned above.
• He only has 4 lines in the game, none of them being spoken in English.
• He always appears to have 50% health on the health bar above him.