Syria: Pro-government figure killed in Lebanon
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State-run media in Damascus say gunmen have assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon. The SANA news agency says Mohammed Darrar Jammo was gunned down early on Wednesday outside his home in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Sarafand.
Jammo, a political analyst who often appeared on Arab TV stations, was one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's strongest defenders. Assassinations of politicians, army officers and journalists are not uncommon in Syria but the killing in Lebanon of a Syrian figure is a rare incident. (AP)
