Middle East Analysis (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The Assassination of General Mohammed Suleiman: Looking for the Motive INSS Insight No. 67, August 14, 2008 Kulick, Amir On August 1, 2008, Syrian general Mohammed Suleiman was gunned down on the beach near the Syrian city of Tartous. Only after five days of thunderous silence, Syrian officials, with typical reticence, reported that the general had indeed been assassinated...
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Via AlbawabaWell known sources informed Albawaba that General Mohammed Suleiman, an adviser to Syrian president Bashar al Assad, was assassinated on Friday. Suleiman also served as Syria's liaison officer to Lebanon's Hizbullah movement. According to the sources, Suleiman was shot...
Yoni the Blogger (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
(IsraelNN.com) General Mohammed Suleiman, the senior aide to Syrian President Bashar Assad who was assassinated nine days ago, supplied advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Hizbullah, according to sources quoted by the Times of London. Suleiman was killed by a bullet...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
What happens when a cloak-and-dagger general is shot dead in an Arab country where the regime is secretive and the press regularly gagged? It ignites a blogosphere bonanza. The assassination early this month of Syria’s Mohammed Suleiman got limited coverage in the printed press, but it spawned streams of commentary on Web sites devoted to [...]
Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Hana Levi Julian Top Syrian presidential aide Brigadier-General Mohammed Suleiman, assassinated at the beginning of this month, reportedly supplied Hizbullah terrorists with the advanced SA-8 anti-aircraft missile system, according to The Times of London. Suleiman, 49, was a key person in President Bashar Assad’s regime, “more important than anyone else” according to the London-based...
MSNBC.com: Newsweek World News (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
What happens when a cloak-and-dagger general is shot dead in an Arab country where the regime is secretive and the press regularly gagged? It ignites a blogosphere bonanza. The assassination early this month of Syria's Mohammed Suleiman got limited coverage in the printed press, but it spawned streams of commentary on Web sites devoted to the Middle East and to military matters. Suleiman,...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
The assassination of a Syrian general said to be close to President Bashir Assad has sparked speculation of an internal power struggle, sources say. The body of Gen. Mohammed Suleiman, described by some as Assad's right hand man and his top liaison to the Lebanese Arab militant group Hezbollah, was discovered at a resort in the northern port city of Tartous Friday, The Times of London...
Israelated (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Syrian Brig. Gen. Mohammed Suleiman, a senior intelligence officer in the Assad regime, was assassinated by a seaborne sniper as he relaxed at his seaside villa in Tartous along the Syrian coast. It is a strange and mysterious development in a long line of them involving such murders in both Syria and Lebanon over the past few years. Suleiman was Syria’s main liaison with Hezbollah...
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Top Syria official 'assassinated' (BBC, 8/04/08) A senior military official close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been assassinated, according to Arab media reports. The official, identified as Brig Gen Mohammed Suleiman, was shot dead on Friday night at a beach resort near the port city of Tartus, the reports say. [...] Another website, run by a member of President Assad's ruling...
Markedmanner Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
A senior military official close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been assassinated, according to Arab media reports. The official, identified as Brig Gen Mohammed Suleiman, was shot dead on Friday night at a beach resort near the port city of Tartus, the reports say. Damascus has so far refused to comment on the alleged shooting. The Free Syria website, which opposes the Syrian...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Beirut - General Mohammed Suleiman, a military adviser to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad assassinated on Friday, had close links with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, a high-ranking Lebanese security official Sunday. Suleiman served as Syria's liaiso...
Israelated (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Hana Levi Julian Syrian President Bashar Assad's top aide and adviser, General Mohammed Suleiman, was assassinated on Friday, according to Arab news sources. Suleiman, who was also Syria's liaison officer to the Hizbullah terrorist organization in Lebanon, was shot and killed by an unidentified sniper in the Syrian port city of Tartous. Syrian authorities tried unsuccessfully to...
TigerHawk (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
An assassin's bullet cuts down a Syrian general, and my first reaction was "it must have been an inside job." Syrian President Bashar Assad's top aide and adviser, General Mohammed Suleiman, was assassinated on Friday, according to Arab news sources. Suleiman, who was also Syria's liaison officer to the Hizbullah terrorist organization in Lebanon, was shot and killed by an unidentified...
Anti-Mullah (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Syrian President Bashar Assad's top aide and adviser, General Mohammed Suleiman, was assassinated on Friday, according to Arab news sources. Suleiman, who was also Syria's liaison officer to the Hizbullah terrorist organization in Lebanon, was shot and killed by an unidentified sniper in the Syrian port city of Tartous. Syrian authorities tried unsuccessfully to prevent publication...
Ynet News (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Arab website reports Mohammed Suleiman, who served as Assad's senior advisor, killed by sniper fire over weekend
