Syria confirmed on Wednesday an assassination of a senior security officer last week
Presidential Advisor for Political and Information Affairs Buthaina Shaaban made the confirmation in a statement to the press, saying Brigadier General Mohammad Suleiman was killed last Friday, and investigation is underway to determine who committed this "heinous crime," Shaaban added.
This was Syria's first official reaction after the killing of General Mohammad Suleiman 49, which reportedly happened Friday night in a coastal resort near Tartous, a Mediterranean port city about 250 km northwest of Damascus.
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