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Head of Syria’s air force intelligence killed by aide: rebel sources
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Opposition sources said that Lieutenant Jamil Hassan, head of Syria’s air force intelligence, has been assassinated in his Damascus office by one of his aides. (Photo courtesy of al-Marsad newspaper)
By AL ARABIYA
The head of Syria’s air force intelligence has been assassinated in his Damascus office by one of his aides, Syrian opposition sources told Al Arabiya Sunday.
Lieutenant Jamil Hassan was killed on Saturday in his office by an aid who worked with the Ahfad al-Rasul, or Grandchildren of the Prophet Brigade, sources affiliated with the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) said.
The air force intelligence chief was targeted as rebel groups within the country have been pounded from the skies by pilots loyal to Syrian President Bahar al-Assad’s regime.
Hassan, an Allawite from Homs, is reportedly considered one of Assad’s closest advisors.
Lieutenant Jamil Hassan was killed on Saturday in his office by an aid who worked with the Ahfad al-Rasul, or Grandchildren of the Prophet Brigade, sources affiliated with the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) said.
The air force intelligence chief was targeted as rebel groups within the country have been pounded from the skies by pilots loyal to Syrian President Bahar al-Assad’s regime.
Hassan, an Allawite from Homs, is reportedly considered one of Assad’s closest advisors.
The FSA has been calling for outside support and weapons to fight attack helicopters, jets and tanks. But in their scramble for stronger armaments, a resistance battalion in the southern border city of Deraa claimed to Al Arabiya Sunday that it now manufactures its own small rockets to launch at pro-Assad forces.
