Mohammed Abdulhamid al-Awwad | |
Native Name: | محمد عبد الحميد العواد |
Birth Date: | 1958[1] |
Death Date: | 16 January 2012 (aged 53–54) |
Birth Place: | Al-Nashabiyah, Syria |
Death Place: | Ghouta, Syria |
Allegiance: | Syria |
Branch: | Syrian Army |
Rank: | Brigadier General |
Battles: | Syrian Civil War |
Mohammed Abdul-Hamid al-Awwad (Arabic:محمد عبد الحميد العواد) was a Syrian brigadier general who was assassinated in Damascus during the Syrian Civil War.[2] The official Syrian government news agency disclosed that he was killed by armed men, who also wounded his driver in the attack.[3] [4]
General al-Awwad's car was ambushed when he was heading to the unit he commanded in the eastern Al-Ghouta area of Damascus. The driver testified that a taxi had passed their car, while four gunmen shot al-Awwad in the head.[5] He was from the Damascus Countryside.[6]