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1 of 18. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) stands with leaders of the army, including Fahad Jassim al-Freij (front L) and Daoud Rajha (front R) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the 1973 October War with Israel, in Damascus in this October 6, 2011 file handout photo released to Reuters on July 18, 2012.
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law were killed in a Damascus suicide bomb attack carried out by a bodyguard on Wednesday, the worst blow to Assad's high command in the country's 16-month-old rebellion
Credit: Reuters/Sana/Handout/Files
Dominic Evans and Khaled Yacoub Oweis
BEIRUT/AMMAN
Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:21pm EDT
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