(Zaman Al Wasl)- One of Basher al-Assad’s close relatives was killed on Thursday when Islamist rebels seized control of strategic Sheikh Miskeen city in Daraa province, south Syria, activists said
Aktah Ibrahim Shalish is the cousin of General Thu Al Hemma Shalish, the head of Assad’s personal guards and the greedy Tycoon.
Pro-Assad activists documented killing of about 2000 fighters from Assad’s hometown Qardaha and neighboring villages where his relatives formed gangs and militias to support the ruling family (1970-2014) against the the 3-1/2-year-old uprising which turned to be sectarian war .
On Thursday, backed by the hardline Islamic factions, al- Nusra Front overrun Syrian regime’s bastions in the city, inflicting humiliating defeat on Assad’s forces.
Editing by Ridha Ali
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