Assef Shawkat (Arabic: آصِفُ شَوْكَتْ, romanized: ʾĀṣif Šawkat; 15 January 1950 – 18 July 2012) was a Syrian military officer who was the Deputy Minister of Defense of Syria from September 2011 until his death in July 2012.
He was the brother-in-law of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, having married his older sister Bushra.
He and three other top Syrian government officials were killed on 18 July 2012 in Damascus during a deadly bomb attack allegedly organized by the Assad regime .[1] Shawkat was a key suspect in a terrorist attack in Beirut that killed Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in 14 February 2005. US Department of Treasury sanctioned Shawkat in 2006 for orchestrating the assassination, describing him as "a key architect" of Syrian occupation of Lebanon.[2][3]
^Ian Black and Martin Chulov (18 July 2012). "Leading Syrian regime figures killed in Damascus bomb attack". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^"Assad loses Assef Shawkat, Syria's shadowy enforcer". Al Arabiya News. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022.
^"Comeback kid of Assad regime was a feared figure". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
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