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Syrian rebels take full control of Azzaz city near Turkish border

19 July 2012 16:01 (UTC +04:00)

A person presenting himself as an officer of Free Syria says emotionally that â€œmany soldiers and officers of the army were killed, tanks and the other armors were burntâ€ during the battle.

The rebels say that Bashar Assadâ€™s regime is ending and call to start the march to Damascus and Homs.

Syriaâ€™s defense minister General Daoud Rajha, deputy defense minister Asef Shawkat (brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad) and former defense minister Mohammed Turkman were killed and Syrian Interior Minister Ibrahim Al Saar and Head of Syrian National Security Council Hisham Bekhtyar were wounded during the terrorist act on the National Security headquarters in Damascus. Liberation Army took responsibility for the terrorist act and reported that the incident was not suicide attack. According to previous news, one of the bodyguards of Bashar al-Assad committed the terrorist act.

The UK â€œThe Guardianâ€ newspaper said that president Bashar al-Assad was wounded during the blast on the National Security headquarters in Damascus. APA reports that the wounded president was brought to Latakia and his spouse Asma al-Assad was sent to Russia.