Logo

Reuters

  • Random
  • Archive
  • RSS
  • Send a comment, idea, or question
  • Submit A Post Idea
Syria’s defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law were killed in a Damascus suicide bomb attack carried out by a bodyguard on Wednesday, the most serious blow to Assad’s high command in the country’s 16-month-old rebellion.
The bomber, said by a security source to be a bodyguard assigned to Assad’s inner circle, struck a meeting attended by ministers and senior security officials as battles raged within sight of the presidential palace.
State television said Defence Minister Daoud Rajha and Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, the deputy defence minister, had been killed in a “terrorist bombing” and pledged to wipe out “criminal gangs”.
A Syrian security source confirmed Shawkat, 62, - a pillar of Assad’s rule - was killed and said intelligence chief Hisham Bekhtyar was wounded. State television said Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar had also been wounded in the blast.
READ ON: Bomb kills Syrian ministers at heart of Assad rule
Pop-upView Separately

Syria’s defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law were killed in a Damascus suicide bomb attack carried out by a bodyguard on Wednesday, the most serious blow to Assad’s high command in the country’s 16-month-old rebellion.

The bomber, said by a security source to be a bodyguard assigned to Assad’s inner circle, struck a meeting attended by ministers and senior security officials as battles raged within sight of the presidential palace.

State television said Defence Minister Daoud Rajha and Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, the deputy defence minister, had been killed in a “terrorist bombing” and pledged to wipe out “criminal gangs”.

A Syrian security source confirmed Shawkat, 62, - a pillar of Assad’s rule - was killed and said intelligence chief Hisham Bekhtyar was wounded. State television said Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar had also been wounded in the blast.

READ ON: Bomb kills Syrian ministers at heart of Assad rule

    • #syria
    • #news
    • #world news
    • #middle east
    • #breaking news
    • #arab spring
    • #damascus
    • #suicide attack
  • 11 months ago
  • 321
  • Permalink
  • Share
    Tweet

321 Notes/ Hide

  1. vwcg likes this
  2. skburnside likes this
  3. anindiscriminatecollection reblogged this from soupsoup
  4. leeno11 likes this
  5. atinyflower reblogged this from soupsoup
  6. dream-instead likes this
  7. ramadom reblogged this from soupsoup
  8. selva reblogged this from soupsoup
  9. unmilagro reblogged this from lifeisliterallylimited
  10. ofthefloatingworld likes this
  11. 459-0tg8bcvx09-686574049x09cm2 likes this
  12. climate-changing likes this
  13. hyperblend likes this
  14. cannibalxqueen reblogged this from soupsoup
  15. queenoflebanon reblogged this from soupsoup
  16. openeyesbringthecold reblogged this from lifeisliterallylimited
  17. vaniahefira reblogged this from soupsoup
  18. perse1010 likes this
  19. shaktiandawe reblogged this from soupsoup
  20. tennis-stars likes this
  21. beardsandankles likes this
  22. lifeisliterallylimited reblogged this from revolutionaryretribution
  23. revolutionaryretribution reblogged this from somaliboater
  24. strawberryorange reblogged this from reuters
  25. dimmerhouseproductions likes this
  26. spunti-di-riflessione reblogged this from soupsoup
  27. alice44 likes this
  28. bushratii reblogged this from soupsoup
  29. clitttortoise reblogged this from theeducatedfieldnegro
  30. alanaboswell likes this
  31. novenator likes this
  32. fucking-erupt reblogged this from soupsoup
  33. pandacat6 reblogged this from soupsoup
  34. mtthw-flty likes this
  35. goodgirlsgonaughtyx reblogged this from soupsoup
  36. empgonzo likes this
  37. recordedforposterity reblogged this from soupsoup
  38. kushedpirate likes this
  39. happyseabear likes this
  40. amyykat likes this
  41. ausintlaw reblogged this from soupsoup
  42. perfectlypitched reblogged this from soupsoup
  43. karma678 reblogged this from cognitivedissonance
  44. constantflicker reblogged this from soupsoup
  45. shy-doll likes this
  46. oliviacarrion reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    lil dose of current events for the day
  47. thisisnotrandom reblogged this from soupsoup
  48. princessnijireiki reblogged this from soupsoup
  49. mrs-payne reblogged this from soupsoup
  50. glassandrhubarb likes this
  51. Show more notesLoading...
← Previous • Next →
The world is your oyster at Reuters dot com.

Posts by Reuters' Community Editor Margarita Noriega.

More to follow:
 • Reuters Politics
 • Reuters Pictures

Directory
Reuters Journalists on Twitter
Reuters Journalists on Facebook

Founded by Anthony De Rosa.

More from Reuters:

  • @Reuters on Twitter
  • Facebook Profile
  • Reuters on Youtube

What we are reading

  • Photo via letsbuildahome-fr

    Echelon, Stellar Wind, and now PRISM… This is no news

    Picture: A misty morning at RAF Menwith Hill base in North Yorkshire. The facilty provides...

    Photo via letsbuildahome-fr
  • Photoset via fotojournalismus

    Turkish riot police storm Gezi Park in Istanbul

    1. People run as riot police fires a water cannon on Gezi Park protesters at Taksim Square in...

    Photoset via fotojournalismus
  • Photo via unionmetrics

    “Blogs and social media are much more regularly used in the United States than in Europe (36% use these as a news source every week compared with...

    Photo via unionmetrics
  • Photoset via reuterspictures

    Istanbul clashes intensify

    Turkish riot police fire tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of protesters as they try to take control of Taksim...

    Photoset via reuterspictures
See more →
  • RSS
  • Random
  • Archive
  • Send a comment, idea, or question
  • Submit A Post Idea
  • Mobile

Effector Theme by Carlo Franco.

Powered by Tumblr