A suspected suicide bomb attack in Damascus has claimed the lives of Assef Shawkat, the Deputy Defence Minister and brother-in-law to President Bashar al-Assad, and the Defence Minister Daoud Rahja.<br /><br />Syrian TV has confirmed the two men were killed. It is understood they died when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a meeting of security and military officials.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
