Friday, July 3, 2009

Syria: Al Assad Removes Military Intelligence Director

Via Stratfor -

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has removed his brother-in-law Asef Shawkat, who is suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, from his position as military intelligence director, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported July 3, citing Syrian Web site All4Syria.info. Shawkat has held the post of military intelligence director since Feb. 14, 2005, the day al-Hariri was killed. He has now been appointed deputy chief of staff for the army.

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As cited above, All4Syria.info outlined the changes in Syrian military intelligence....

See Google's attempt at an English translation.

For some background information on Asef Shawkat, check out BBC's Who's Who in Syria's Leadership.

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