Well-trained assassins chase rebel commanders: spokesman

(Zaman Al Wasl) – Spokesman of Al Ummah Army, rebel group based in Douma city, refused to accuse any opposition faction of targeting  his commander by a blast on Sunday, saying well-trained assassins who are carrying out  a series of assassinations in Eastern Ghouta, according to Smart news agency.

Ahmed Taha (Abu Subhi) had escaped the second assassination attempt in two months when an explosives-laden vehicle exploded in the rebel-held city of Douma near Damascus, activists said.

Douma, which has been under suffocating army siege for more than a year, has been facing mounting pace of assassinations in the last few months for its rebel commanders.

Meanwhile, at least 191,369 people have been killed in Syria's conflict; more than double the figure documented a year ago and probably still an under-estimate, according to the United Nations.

(Editing by Jamal Ibrahim)

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