Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition has reported the death of President Bashar Assad’s brother, assigned to quell the Sunni revolt. The opposition said Maher Assad died of injuries sustained in a July 18 bombing of National Security Agency headquarters in Damascus. Opposition sources said Maher was critically injured in the attack and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The brother of President Bashar Assad, the architect of the regime’s drive to destroy the Sunni revolt, is said to have been severely injured in the bombing of Syrian intelligence headquarters in July. Arab sources said Maher Assad, commander of the Syrian Army’s 4th Division, was badly injured in the […]
