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...So was the president’s brother-in-law, former military intelligence chief Assef Shawkat; he was allegedly canvassed as an alternative to Mr Assad by French and Turkish intelligence, when he was killed in...
...For example, his assertion (taken as fact by Dagher) that Bashar had his own brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, killed as he risked becoming an alternative figure of power, has never been substantiated....
...Assef Shawkat is very clearly one of the two or three top guys on security matters,” said Mr Hokayem....
...Here, the killing of the two key victims in this attack – defence minister Daoud Rajha and Assef Shawkat, the deputy chief of staff – is hugely significant....
...Best of the rest Reuters’ Erika Soloman looks back at the life and impact of Assef Shawkat. “Few knew what he really did, or what power he wielded....
...Those killed in the blast included Assef Shawkat, the president’s brother-in-law and deputy chief of the army....
...Shawkat, the leader’s brother-in-law, the FT reports. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/70128938-d0ad-11e1-8957-00144feabdc0.html Brazil halts phone groups’ contract sales Brazil’s telecoms regulator has...
...The attack came almost three months after an alleged bombing by rebels killed four senior regime security officials, including Assef Shawkat, the president’s brother-in-law....
...Shawkat, the leader’s brother-in-law....
...Shawkat, the leader’s brother-in-law, the FT reports. http://on.ft.com/NBRVcI Brazil halts phone groups’ contract sales Brazil’s telecoms regulator has suspended three of the country’s biggest mobile phone...
...The bomb, which killed Mr Assad’s brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, and two other top security officials, has galvanised the opposition, which took control of or briefly held several important transit outposts...
...Those with the president’s ear – including Maher, his brother, and Assef Shawkat, his brother-in-law – will almost certainly be among those scrutinised in Washington and European capitals as western countries...
...Their brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, deputy chief of staff, exercises de facto control over the army as a whole....
...For instance, Assef Shawkat, Syria’s former head of military intelligence, is President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law....
...Detlev Mehlis, the chief UN investigator, is seeking to interview several Syrian officials including Assef Shawkat, Mr Assad?s brother-in-law and head of military intelligence....
...The plot that was laid out in the interim report implicated both Lebanon's and Syria's security agencies in the murder, naming some very senior members of the Syrian governing elite including Assef Shawkat...
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