Posted on 06/06/2016 10:32:46 AM PDT by BeadCounter
Multiple Syrian and other media outlets are reporting that Alaa Makhlouf-the personal bodyguard to Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad-was killed via a car bomb on Saturday, June 4th by members of the Free Alawite Movement. Syria Mubasher and Baladi appear to have been the first outlets to break the story, citing regime sources and the Free Alawite Movements Facebook page respectively.
Weve killed Alaa Makhlouf, bodyguard to the wife of Bashar the beast, the group declared coldly on Facebook after the attack. The attack took place in central Damascus. Rumors of a possible assassination against Makhlouf had been circulating for three months, Baladi claims.
(Excerpt) Read more at albawaba.com ...
Thanks BeadCounter.
One down, thousands to go...
Could someone explain this to my ignorant self? I thought he was an Alawite, and his support came from them.
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