Mohammed al-Awwad

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Funeral procession for Mohammed al-Awwad

Mohammed Abdul-Hamid al-Awwad ( Arabic محمد عبد الحميد العواد, DMG ? ; † January 16, 2012 in Ghouta , Damascus ) was a Syrian brigadier general who was killed in the course of the civil war in Syria .

life and death

Mohammed Abdul-Hamid al-Awwad, who comes from the Rif Dimaschq governorate , held the rank of brigadier general at the time of his death. On the morning of January 16, 2012, Mohammed al-Awwad was on his way to his unit in the east of the Ghouta region with a driver when he was shot at his car by attackers in the region around the capital Damascus and killed by gunshots in the head . His driver was also injured in the attack by four attackers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brigadier general assassinated in Syria , accessed on May 24, 2016
  2. ↑ Four Army Martyrs Laid to Rest ( February 1, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 24, 2016
  3. ↑ Ban Ki-moon calls for UN action over killings in Syria , accessed on May 24, 2016
  4. ^ Officer, Five Army members martyred by Rocket missiles in Sahnaya, Damascus Countryside ( Memento from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on May 24, 2016
personal data
SURNAME al-Awwad, Mohammed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES al-Awwad, Mohammed Abdul-Hamid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian Brigadier General
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2012
Place of death Ghouta , Damascus , Syria