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Report: Syrian Deputy Defense Minister Killed


(Times of Israel) Al Arabiya reported Tuesday that Syrian officials had confirmed reports that Deputy Minister of Defense Assef Shawkat, 62, President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law and a former head of military intelligence, was killed in a Free Syrian Army attack near Damascus. According to the report, Assad and his wife Asma visited a Damascus Hospital on Monday where Shawkat was receiving treatment.
2012-05-23 00:00:00
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