An End to Assad?
1 | SYRIA
As fighting between regime forces and rebel fighters intensified in the capital, Damascus, bomb blasts in the heart of the city killed Defense Minister Daoud Rajiha; his deputy, Assef Shawkat, who is also the brother-in-law of embattled President Bashar Assad; and the Interior Minister, Mohammed Ibrahim al-Shaar. Syrian authorities declared the strike a suicide attack; other reports suggested it was carried out by a remote-controlled bomb placed in a water cooler. In either event, the fact that the rebellion could target such prominent figures in Assad's Cabinet could signal the unraveling of his rule....