Al Jazeera English
| Jul 19, 2012
Government forces have still not ended what the Free Syrian Army is calling Operation Damascus Volcano, which started five days ago in the Syrian capital.
Opposition forces are continuing to fight the Syrian army in the heart of Damascus.
Acti...
ABC News (Australia)
| Jul 19, 2012
Britain and the United States have called for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down, and UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged the Security Council to take strong action.
Al Jazeera English
| Jul 18, 2012
Four of President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle are dead after a bomb exploded at their security meeting in Damascus. Syria's Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha and his Deputy Assef Shawkat, who was also Assad's brother-in-law were killed, along wit...
Al Jazeera English
| Jul 18, 2012
Street battles rage in the Syrian capital of Damascus after a day that saw three major attacks and the deaths of four top regime officials. Elsewhere, protestors have gathered to celebrate a major blow to President Bashar al-Assad's government.
ABC News (Australia)
| Jul 18, 2012
Syrian state TV is reporting a major bombing at the country's national security headquarters in Damascus. The dead include Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha and his deputy Assef Shawkat, who was also President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law. Meanwhi...
— Mar 29 at 02:29 am
...; and the Umayyad Mosque , one of the oldest mosques in the world. Well-known alumni: Mr. Assad; Mr. Assad’s brother Maher; the former Syrian in...
— Jul 21, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Assef Shawkat, the former head of military intelligence, had been a pillar of the Syrian regime since the reign of Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez....
— Dec 25, 2012 at 02:38 pm
...regime's inner circle, including Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, and intelligence chief Hisham Ikhtiyar. "...
— Jan 5 at 10:55 am
...rebel was on July 18 in 2012, which killed high ranking Syrian security officials, including Defense Minister Daoud Rajha, Vice Chief of Staff a...
— Mar 21 at 09:01 pm
...clerics in the past. The attack also appeared similar to a bomb attack in Damascus last July that killed several top security officials, includi...
![Syrians hold funeral for killed officials as clashes continue in Damascus [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-7510000/7510563/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=ca2411f941e2c3e19d5ce83b669bc8b3)
![Al-Assad's regime suffers major blow as blast kills top Syrian officials [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-7294000/7294152/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=007ad567b3f22c7a5122f603e299f463 "(L-R) Former Syrian Defence Minister General Hassan Ali Turkmani, Defence Minister Daoud Rajha, and Assef Shawkat, the brother-in-law of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, are seen in this combination photo: REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/Sana/Handout/Files")
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