Brother of Syrian parliament speaker assassinated
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November 7, 2012, Wednesday
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GUNMEN shot and killed the brother of Syria's parliament speaker as he drove to work in the capital Damascus yesterday.
Mohammed Osama Laham, brother of parliament speaker Jihad Laham, was killed in the Damascus neighborhood of Midan, the SANA news agency said.
It was the latest in a wave of assassinations targeting Syrian officials, army officers and other prominent supporters of President Bashar Assad. Four of the president's top security aides were killed in a rebel bombing of state security headquarters on July 18.
The killing came a day after some of the most intense fighting in Damascus in months as rebels wage a civil war to unseat Assad.
In another blow to the regime, Turkey's state-run news agency reported that seven Syrian generals defected to Turkey. The Anadolu Agency said they arrived in the Turkish border province of Hatay seeking refuge. Their identities and ranks were not disclosed.
The agency said they were taken to a refugee camp in Hatay that shelters defected soldiers under tight security.
Mohammed Osama Laham, brother of parliament speaker Jihad Laham, was killed in the Damascus neighborhood of Midan, the SANA news agency said.
It was the latest in a wave of assassinations targeting Syrian officials, army officers and other prominent supporters of President Bashar Assad. Four of the president's top security aides were killed in a rebel bombing of state security headquarters on July 18.
The killing came a day after some of the most intense fighting in Damascus in months as rebels wage a civil war to unseat Assad.
In another blow to the regime, Turkey's state-run news agency reported that seven Syrian generals defected to Turkey. The Anadolu Agency said they arrived in the Turkish border province of Hatay seeking refuge. Their identities and ranks were not disclosed.
The agency said they were taken to a refugee camp in Hatay that shelters defected soldiers under tight security.
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