BEIRUT - Syrian Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar and President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat were wounded in a Damascus explosion on Wednesday, Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned al-Manar television said.Syrian state television said earlier that a "terrorist bomb" exploded during a meeting of ministers and security officials at a national security building in Damascus, killing Deference Minister Daoud Rajha.Western diplomats in the region confirmed that Shawkat, who is also the deputy minister of defense, was wounded in the explosion
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