This is a big deal. His brother in law was his top security adviser. Losing him along with the defense minister is a massive blow to his regime.
In the future please link these types of stories to the Israel category since there are no other categories for middle east news, will get more attention among people who follow the Israel and I’m sure they want to see this/comment on it.
Will do.
It’s a huge deal: appears it was a well-planned FSA operation: bomb planted inside a water-cooler inside cabinet meeting room. Not a suicide bomber.
Assad’s wife also left on a flight to Russia a couple of hours ago, according to sources in Damascus. This, along with repeated reports of mass defections from Maser al-Assad’s elite army brigade (the only one loyal to the govt inside the capital), suggest the end-game could soon be in the process of being played out here.