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Mohammed Abdulhamid al-Awwad
Funeral of Mohammed al-Awwad
Native name
محمد عبد الحميد العواد
Born1958[1]
Al-Nashabiyah, Syria
Died16 January 2012 (aged 53–54)
Ghouta, Syria
AllegianceSyria
Service / branchSyrian Army
RankBrigadier General
Battles / warsSyrian 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.[2] The official Syrian government news agency disclosed that he was killed by armed men, who also wounded his driver in the attack.[3][4]

Assassination

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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.[5] He was from the Damascus Countryside.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "محمد عبد الحميد العواد". www.dampress.net.
  2. ^ "Brigadier general assassinated in Syria". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Eleven more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors". dna. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ Jansen, Michael. "Ban Ki-moon calls for UN action over killings in Syria". The Irish Times.
  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". Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ^ "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.