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DEBKAfile
Special Report
July 18, 2012, 7:52 PM (GMT+02:00)
Four top members of Bashar Assad’s inner circle were killed in Damascus Wednesday, July 18: His brother-in-law Security Chief Assif Shawqat, Defense minister Gen. Dawoud Raijiha, Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ibrahim Shaar and Vice-Presidential aide Gen. Hasan Turkmani. debkafile: Their deaths were caused by a hidden bomb in the cabinet conference room – not a suicide bomber as previously reported. Top-level consultations are under way in Washington, Jerusalem and other Mid East capitals to second-guess Assad’s expected reaction |
