Senior Syrian officer assassinated

Brig.-Gen. Issa al-Khouli became the first Syrian military officer to be killed in Damascus when he was assassinated by three gunmen outside his home in a norther Damascus suburb on Saturday. The SANA news agency says three gunmen opened fire at Brigedier-General Issa al-Khouli on Saturday morning as he left his home in the Damascus neighborhood of Rukn-Eddine. Al-Khouli was a doctor and the