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Mohammed Abdulhamid al-Awwad
محمد عبد الحميد العواد
BornDamascus countryside, Syria
Died16 January 2012
Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
Allegiance Syria
Service / branchSyrian Army
RankBrigadier General
Battles / wars2011-2012 Syrian Uprising

Mohammed Abdul-Hamid al-Awwad (Arabic:محمد عبد الحميد العواد) was a Syrian Brigadier General who has been assassinated in Damascus during the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising.[1] The official Syrian government news acency disclosed that the General was killed by armed men, who wounded his driver in the attack.[2][3]

Assassination

The General'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
  2. ^ Eleven more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors
  3. ^ Ban Ki-moon calls for UN action over killings in Syria
  4. ^ http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2012/01/16/394558.htm
  5. ^ http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2012/01/17/394829.htm

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