Mohammed al-Awwad

Mohammed Abdulhamid al-Awwad
محمد عبد الحميد العواد
Funeral of Mohammed al-Awwad
Born Damascus Countryside, Syria
Died 16 January 2012
Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
Allegiance  Syria
Service/branch Syrian Army
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/wars

Syrian Civil War

Mohammed Abdul-Hamid al-Awwad (Arabic:محمد عبد الحميد العواد) was a Syrian brigadier general who was assassinated in Damascus during the Syrian Civil War.[1] The official Syrian government news agency disclosed that he was killed by armed men, who also wounded his driver in the attack.[2][3]

Assassination

General al-Awwad's car was ambushed when he was heading to the unit he commanded in the eastern Al-Ghouta area of Damascus. The driver testified that a taxi had passed their car, while four gunmen shot al-Awwad in the head.[4] He was from the Damascus Countryside.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Brigadier general assassinated in Syria". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Eleven more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors". dna. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Ban Ki-moon calls for UN action over killings in Syria
  4. ↑ "丕賱賵賰丕賱丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱爻賵乇賷丞 賱賱兀賳亘丕亍 - Syrian Arab News Agency". Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "丕賱賵賰丕賱丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱爻賵乇賷丞 賱賱兀賳亘丕亍 - Syrian Arab News Agency". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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