Assad Receives New Army Chief
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday received his newly appointed army chief-of-staff General Ali Ayyoub, state television reported.
"President Assad met chief-of-staff General Ali Ayyoub and gave him his instructions," the broadcaster reported.
Ayyoub replaces Fahd al-Freij, who was named defense minister after the death of Daoud Rajha in a blast that also killed three other senior regime members.
The attack, claimed by the rebel Free Syrian Army, also killed national security chief General Hisham Ikhtiyar, Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat and General Hassan Turkmani, head of the regime's crisis cell on the uprising.
Source: Agence France Presse
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