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By Wikipedia Assef Shawkat (born 1950) is a Syrian general, and deputy-chief of staff of the Syrian army since July 2009. Articles about Assef Shawqat
Jan 17, 2011
Hariri tribunal results expected; Nasrallah lashes out
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Monday may prove to be a decisive day for Lebanon. The special investigative commission probing the details surrounding the assassination of former…
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Jan 17, 2011
Hariri says Syria responsible for father's death
By JPOST.COM STAFF
In a taped conversation of Sa'ad Hariri and a UN investigator probing the assassination of Rafik Hariri, Sa'ad claimed that "Assef Shawkat and Maher…
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Jan 15, 2011
‘Khamenei ordered Hariri killing, Hizbullah takeover'
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF AND AP
A UN tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri is expected to accuse Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah…
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Mar 4, 2009
Analysis: US may ignore Syrian interference in Hariri tribunal in return for regional concessions
By JONATHAN SPYER
This week, an international tribunal to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was formally opened in The Hague.…
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Nov 20, 2008
Analysis: Duplicitous Assad is getting away with murder
By jonathan spyer
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has just completed an official visit to Syria. This was the first visit of a senior British elected official…
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Apr 6, 2008
Arab paper: Head of Mughniyeh probe arrested
By Yaakov Katz
Israeli intelligence experts downplayed media reports on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad had fired his intelligence chief and placed him…
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Dec 26, 2007
Syria denies it threatened to attack Spanish peacekeepersSyria denied reports Tuesday that its security agents have threatened Spanish peacekeepers in southern Lebanon in a bid to block the extradition of a…
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Jan 19, 2006
Syria slams US freezing assets of intel. chiefSyria on Thursday condemned the US government's decision to freeze the assets of Syrian military intelligence chief Assef Shawkat as an "arrogant"…
Jan 18, 2006
US moves against Syrian intel. chiefThe United States acted Wednesday to financially clamp down on Syria's military intelligence chief, Assef Shawkat. The Treasury Department ordered…
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Dec 22, 2005
Alawi tribal politics and Syria's future
By MORDECHAI NISAN
The assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri on February 15 set in motion the dramatic events that could lead to the collapse of…
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Nov 10, 2005
Assad lashes out at Western criticismSyrian President Bashar Assad lashed out at Western criticism and pressure Thursday, contending that Syria was being punished for its uncompromising…
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Nov 10, 2005
Analysis: Is Assad's speech Syria's last chance?Syria's President Bashar Assad doesn't give speeches to his people very often. In fact, he has done it twice: first in July 2000, when he was…
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Nov 1, 2005
Syria wants urgent Arab summit
By DONNA ABU-NASR
DAMASCUS (AP) - Syria called for an emergency Arab League summit in a bid to rally regional support in the face of a stern, unanimously adopted UN…
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Oct 24, 2005
Analysis: The future of Syria's regimeIt's the stuff of the best spy novels. A young man whose mother said he was supposed to help her beat carpets and ended up as a scapegoat for an…
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Oct 23, 2005
Syria rejects UN Hariri reportAll eyes are on the UN Security Council, which will meet on Tuesday to discuss a report that incriminates Syria in the assassination of former…
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Oct 22, 2005
1st suspect arrested in Hariri murder
By Orly Halpern, nathan guttman AND AP
Police arrested Lebanese Islamic fundamentalist Mahmoud Abdel-Al, a member of the pro-Syrian Al-Ahbash Sunni Muslim Orthodox group, who was being…
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Oct 21, 2005
UN: Top Syrian, Lebanese officials involved in Hariri hitA UN probe implicated top Syrian and Lebanese intelligence officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, findings… | Selected Articles |
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