Report: Syrian Interior Minister And Assad’s Brother-In-Law Killed In Blast

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Reuters, citing Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV, reports that Syria’s interior minister and Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat were also killed in the suicide blast. 

A security source tells Reuters that the suicide bomber worked as a bodyguard for President Assad’s inner circle. 

 

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