Terrorist attack in Damascus: Assad’s son-in-law and two ministers killed in secret service building
A suicide bomber blew himself up when a joint meeting of security officials and ministers from the Syrian government was held in the building. According to the Xinhua News Agency, a car bomb was blown up next to the building.
According to Reuters, the suicide bomber was an officer of the personal security of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The explosion killed the Syrian Defense Minister Daud Raja and his deputy, the husband of the sister of President Bashar Assad, Asseh Shaukat.
The agency, citing anti-government opposition activists, reports that the hospital, located near the site of the explosion, is now under heavy guard by the Republican Guard units.
The incident in Damascus occurred against the backdrop of reports that in some areas of the Syrian capital, there are armed clashes between insurgent groups and government forces.
In Syria, anti-government protests have not ceased for more than a year, and the opposition has grown into an armed struggle with the formations of the country's security forces. Reports of new armed incidents and casualties have been received regularly, despite the fact that since mid-April, in accordance with the plan of the UN special representative Kofi Annan, a truce has been announced in the country, which UN monitors are called upon to monitor.
According to the UN, the number of victims of the conflict in Syria has exceeded 12 thousand people, about 230 thousand have become refugees, about a million need humanitarian assistance. The Syrian authorities claim that more than 2,5 killed thousands of servicemen and law enforcement officers of Syria against well armed militants, and the number of civilian casualties exceeded 3,2 thousands in clashes with the armed opposition.
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